Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges can survive anesthesia and result in asymmetric drug-induced burst suppression

Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges can survive anesthesia and result in asymmetric drug-induced burst suppression

Drug-induced burst suppression (DIBS) is bihemispheric and bisymmetric in adults and older children. However, asymmetric DIBS may occur if a pathological process is affecting one hemisphere only or both hemispheres disproportionately. The usual suspect is a destructive lesion; an irritative or epile...

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Main Authors: Edward C. Mader Jr., Louis A. Cannizzaro, Frank J. Williams, Saurabh Lalan, Piotr W. Olejniczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-02-01
Series:Neurology International
Subjects:
PLEDs
Burst suppression
Seizure
Anesthesia
Propofol
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/6933

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