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.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
147
collection of patient data Data collection (demographics, prehospital management, duration of ICU and hospital stay, destination at discharge, date(s) of seizure(s), electroencephalographic (EEG) data, seizure history and etiology, number and duration of SE episodes, medication, types of SE according to the current guidelines from the International League of Epilepsy (ILAE), neuroimaging features, comorbidities, laboratory parameters, complications during and after SE , laboratory testing, vital signs, fluid balance) will be performed from the digital medical records, the electroencephalographic and microbiologic database of patients
Clinic for Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
number of in- hospital death
number of in- hospital death
Time frame: at baseline (T0)
neurofunctional alteration assessed by Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS)
neurofunctional alteration assessed by Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS). The Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) is a global scale for functional outcome that rates patient status into one of five categories: Dead, Vegetative State, Severe Disability, Moderate Disability or Good Recovery
Time frame: at baseline (T0)
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