Seizure occurrence in patients with chronic renal insufficiency in regular hemodialysis program.
Hemodialysis-associated seizure is a complication of hemodialysis. This report describes the occurrence of seizures in patients with end stage renal disease on dialysis therapy at the Nephrology Institute of Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil. A retrospective medical history of 189 patients was reviewed to investigate the occurrence of convulsive seizures during dialytic program. Seven patients with history of seizures were selected but five of them were included in our study. Three patients presented generalized tonic-clonic seizures, one had partial seizure with secondary generalization, and one presented unclassified seizure. Three patients presented seizure just during the dialysis (unique seizure) and one of them presented convulsive status epilepticus. The two other patients had already presented seizures prior the beginning of dialysis. We conclude that seizures in renal failure could be considered as occasional events that do not usually become chronic.
Scorza
Fulvio Alexandre
FA
Laboratório de Neurociências, Núcleo de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brasil. scorza.nexp@epm.br
Albuquerque
Marly de
Md
Arida
Ricardo Mario
RM
Cysneiros
Roberta Monterazzo
RM
Henriques
Tânia Maria Guedes
TM
Scorza
Carla Alessandra
CA
Cruz
Jener
J
Kesrouani
Silvana
S
Gomes
Rui Alberto
RA
Cavalheiro
Esper Abrão
EA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012189:Retrospective Studies