STATUS EPILEPTICUS FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS N-ACETYLCYSTEINE THERAPY

Authors
HERSHKOVITZ E SHORER Z LEVITAS A TAL A
Citation
E. Hershkovitz et al., STATUS EPILEPTICUS FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS N-ACETYLCYSTEINE THERAPY, Israel journal of medical sciences, 32(11), 1996, pp. 1102-1104
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Israel journal of medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00212180
Volume
32
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1102 - 1104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-2180(1996)32:11<1102:SEFINT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A previously healthy 2 1/2-year-old girl developed status epilepticus followed by cortical blindness during intravenous N-acetylcysteine the rapy for paracetamol ingestion. The child's vision was almost complete ly recovered during the 18 months follow-up period. We assume that the cortical blindness was a postictal sequela after prolonged seizure ep isode, most probably due to respiratory depression induced by N-acetyl cysteine.