[Confusional disorders and epilepsy]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2002 May;158(5 Pt 2):4S27-32.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Confusion in an epileptic patient raises several diagnostic possibilities: non convulsive status epilepticus, interictal or post-ictal psychosis, drug-induced confusion, confusion of another nature. Accurate diagnosis is based on clinical analysis, systematically completed by the practice and the repetition of emergency EEG.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / adverse effects
  • Cognition Disorders / chemically induced
  • Confusion / diagnosis
  • Confusion / etiology*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / complications*
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Severity of Illness Index

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants