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Case 28 - Febrile Infection–Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)

from Part V - Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2022

By
Eric T. Payne ,
Adam Wallace  and
Cecil D. Hahn
Edited by
Cecil D. Hahn  and
Courtney J. Wusthoff
Cecil D. Hahn
Affiliation:
The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Courtney J. Wusthoff
Affiliation:
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University
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febrile infection–related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE)nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE)EEGneuromonitoring
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Neuromonitoring in Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care , pp. 291 - 293
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Hirsch, LJ, Claassen, J, Mayer, SA, Emerson, RG. Stimulus-induced rhythmic, periodic, or ictal discharges (SIRPIDs): a common EEG phenomenon in the critically ill. Epilepsia. 2004;45(2):109–23.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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