ABSENCE STATUS - AN OVERLOOKED CAUSE OF ACUTE CONFUSION IN HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS

Epileptic seizures are a known complication of uremia, but non-convuls ive seizures appear to be rare. We describe a patient with absence sta tus presenting with acute confusion who responded well to intravenous diazepam, Attention is drawn to this rare cause of acute confusional s tate in the hemodialyis population.