title: Seizure occurrence in patients with chronic renal insufficiency in regular hemodialysis program.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Neurociências, Núcleo de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, SP, Brasil. scorza.nexp@epm.br
authors.forename: Fulvio Alexandre
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Scorza
authors.forename: Marly de
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Ricardo Mario
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Arida
authors.forename: Roberta Monterazzo
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cysneiros
authors.forename: Tânia Maria Guedes
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Henriques
authors.forename: Carla Alessandra
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Scorza
authors.forename: Jener
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Silvana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kesrouani
authors.forename: Rui Alberto
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Esper Abrão
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cavalheiro
mesh_terms: 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