title: Successful ECT treatment for medically refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus in pediatric patient.
abstract: Status epilepticus is a life threatening condition with a high mortality rate in spite of aggressive treatment. There is little consensus on third and fourth line approaches in refractory cases. While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been employed successfully as a treatment for refractory epilepsy and status epilepticus (SE) after exhausting conventional therapy, its use for pediatric patients is limited. We describe a 7-year-old pediatric case in which ECT was used successfully to treat medically refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) without complete withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs (AED).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. hshin7507@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hae W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Cormac A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: O'Donovan
authors.forename: Jane G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Boggs
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grefe
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: W Vaughn
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: McCall
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosenquist
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome