title: Developmental outcome after a single episode of status epilepticus.
abstract: Consequences of status epilepticus (SE) on psychomotor development and the specific impact of the convulsive event on emerging executive functions remain controversial. Infants treated for a single episode of SE, those treated for a single febrile seizure, and healthy infants were tested with respect to motor development, language, personal, and social skills and self-regulation. The children were divided into two age groups to investigate the impact of the convulsive event at different windows of brain maturation. We found that infants who had had SE were inferior to healthy controls on the development scales. Age differentiated SE impact on visuomotor development versus sociolinguistic development. Children who had been treated for SE had significantly more difficulties delaying a response to an attractive stimulus in one of the long-delay conditions. A single episode of SE can interfere with psychomotor and cognitive development in children without previous developmental delay, and it seems that the functions that are emerging at the time of insult are most vulnerable.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Mother/Child (Sainte Justine Hospital), Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lippé
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lussier
authors.forename: Hannelore Catherine
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Sauerwein
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lortie
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: Maryse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lassonde
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome