title: Should We Treat Electroencephalographic Discharges in the Clinic or in the Intensive Care Unit, and if so When and How?
abstract: The important question that often emerges in the clinic is how aggressive the therapy for nonconvulsive status epilepticus and electrical status epilepticus in sleep ought to be and how continuous the discharges in each of these 2 entities should be before therapy is aimed at them. Additionally, as the use of electroencephalographic monitoring continues to expand to include the clinic and intensive care unit populations, it is important to identify epileptiform patterns that warrant identification and treatment. This review will present the state-of-the-art data and suggest algorithms to manage these conditions.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Child Neurology, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital-New York Presbyterian, New York, NY; (†)Department of Neurology, The Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: jjr2178@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Riviello
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants