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New-Onset Seizures in Critically Ill Patients
Neurol 43:1042-1044, Wijdicks,E.F.M.&Sharbrough,F.W., 1993
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Article Abstract
We studied causes of new-onset seizures in 55 patients admitted to medical and surgical intensive care units between 1981 and 1991.In one-third of the patients,sudden withdrawal of narcotic agents was associated with tonic-clonic seizures.In another third,acute metabolic changes, predominantly severe hyponatremia(sodium
 
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