Citation

Spiller HA, Carlisle RD. J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 2002; 40(1): 81-90.

Affiliation

Kentucky Regional Poison Center of Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville 40232-5070, USA. henry.spiller@nortonhealthcare.org

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11990208

Abstract

We report two patients who experienced status epilepticus after carbamazepine overdose. The first patient was an 18-year-old female with a history of epilepsy. She experienced 4 hour of persistent and prolonged seizures resistant to sodium amytal therapy. The status epilepticus ended with her death. The second patient was an 18-year-old male with a history of bipolar disorder. He experienced 5 hour of persistent and prolonged seizures that appeared to be resistant to diazepam, phenytoin, and phenobarbital. The seizures abated with the infusion of midazolam. This is a report of status epilepticus associated with wide complex tachycardia after carbamazepine overdose, which may be resistant to conventional therapy.

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