title: Intravenous lacosamide as successful treatment for nonconvulsive status epilepticus after failure of first-line therapy.
abstract: Treatment of status epilepticus usually requires intravenous anticonvulsant therapy. Lacosamide is a novel anticonvulsant drug that is available as infusion solution. We describe a patient with nonconvulsive status epilepticus who was successfully treated with intravenous lacosamide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany. christoph.kellinghaus@klinikum-os.de
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kellinghaus
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berning
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Besselmann
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000379:methods; D000078334:Lacosamide; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000078334:Lacosamide