Refractory Status Epilepticus Treatment: Quality and Efficacy of Coma Induction (RESET)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Status Epilepticus; Refractory Status Epilepticus

Treatments: Other: Data collection

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04333082

2020-00538 me20Sutter;

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to investigate the effects of different treatment characteristics regarding the use of intravenous anesthetic drugs (IVADs) as a rescue treatment for refractory Status epilepticus (RSE) on course and outcome. A retrospective data extraction from the digital medical records, the electroencephalographic and microbiologic database of all consecutive adult patients with Status epilepticus (SE) admitted to the University Hospital Basel is undertaken.

Enrollment: 147 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosed SE between 2005 and 2019 who have been treated at intensive care units (ICUs) of the University Hospital of Basel

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with repetitive epileptic seizures not qualifying for SE or RSE
• Patients with documented refusal of the general in-house consent