Status:
COMPLETED
Prognosis Factors Associated With Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Versailles Hospital
Conditions:
Status Epilepticus
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to evaluate, prospectively, prognosis factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) in adults hospitalized in intensive care units.
Detailed Description
Status epilepticus is a neurologic and medical emergency associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. According to the operational definition Convulsive Status Epilepticus (CSE) is defined as a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- More than 18 years old
- Convulsive status epilepticus according to operational definition as any seizure lasting for 10 minutes or longer, or two or more intermittent seizures lasting for greater than 10 minutes from which the patient did not regain consciousness.
- Beginning of seizure less than 12 hours before intensive care unit admission
- Convulsive status epilepticus occurring during intensive care unit stay
Exclusion
- Less than 18 years old
- Patients that seized up to 9 minutes
- Beginning of seizure more than 12 hours before intensive care unit admission
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00318578
Start Date
March 1 2005
End Date
January 1 2007
Last Update
August 15 2007
Active Locations (34)
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1
Centre Hospitalier d'Abbeville
Abbeville, France, 80100
2
Centre Hospitalier d'Annonay
Annonay, France, 07103
3
Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy
Argenteuil, France, 95100
4
Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger
Aulnay-sous-Bois, France, 93