TY - JOUR
T1 - Population of the ictal-interictal zone
T2 - The significance of periodic and rhythmic activity
AU - Johnson, Emily L.
AU - Kaplan, Peter W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Seizures contribute to patient mortality and are usually treated aggressively. Rhythmic and periodic patterns – the “ictal-interictal continuum” – are often associated with seizures, yet the optimum method of treating these patterns is not known: should they be aggressively suppressed, or monitored without treatment? Understanding which patterns are more strongly associated with seizures and which are highly associated with mortality is important to help the clinician decide how to treat these findings. We present an overview of the etiologies, association with seizures, and mortality of periodic and rhythmic patterns, and one approach to treatment.
AB - Seizures contribute to patient mortality and are usually treated aggressively. Rhythmic and periodic patterns – the “ictal-interictal continuum” – are often associated with seizures, yet the optimum method of treating these patterns is not known: should they be aggressively suppressed, or monitored without treatment? Understanding which patterns are more strongly associated with seizures and which are highly associated with mortality is important to help the clinician decide how to treat these findings. We present an overview of the etiologies, association with seizures, and mortality of periodic and rhythmic patterns, and one approach to treatment.
KW - Ictal-interictal continuum
KW - Periodic discharges
KW - Rhythmic delta activity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cnp.2017.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cnp.2017.05.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30214982
AN - SCOPUS:85029544281
SN - 2467-981X
VL - 2
SP - 107
EP - 118
JO - Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
JF - Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
ER -