A 73-Year-Old Woman with Respiratory Failure and Stimulus-Induced Rhythmic, Periodic, or Ictal Discharges (SIRPIDs) in the Absence of a Detectable Brain Insult Diagnosed and Monitored by Continuous Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Treated with Valproate, Carbamazepine, and Clonazepam
Abstract:Patient: Female, 73-year-old
Final Diagnosis: SIRPIDs
Symptoms: Stimulus-induced jerks in the head and right arm • right gaze deviation
Medication: Valproate • Carbamazepine • Clonazepam
Clinical Procedure: Continuous video-electroencephalogram
Specialty: Neurology
Objective:
Rare phenomenon
Background:
Stimulus-induced rhythmic, periodic, or ictal discharges (SIRPIDs) commonly… Show more
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