Life threatening 'epilepsy'.

Life threatening 'epilepsy'.

A 5 year old girl presenting with episodes of sudden loss of consciousness was found to have intermittent ventricular tachycardia and, on one occasion, self limiting fibrillation. Corrected QT interval was normal. After several therapeutic measures clinical and electrocardiographic improvement was achieved by administration of sotalol.

Life threatening epilepsy in a child.

Life –threatening Necrotizing Fasciitis: a case report

Necrotizing fasciitis is characterized by a rapidly progressing necrosis of subcutaneous fat and fascia that rarely occurs in head and neck. It can be life threatening in the case of late diagnosis and antibiotic therapy and without surgical intervention. It is caused by group A streptococci or by a synergistic combination of aerobe and anaerobe microorganisms and bacterial synergy is an import...

Life threatening ventricular dysrhythmias:

Cardiac arrhythmias following acute myocardial infarction are often fatal. Although commonly used antiarrhythmics are usually effective, some patients develop dysrhythmias that are refractory to these medications. This article discusses the use and contraindications of bretylium tosylate, a relatively new antiarrhythmic drug that has been shown to be effective in reversing dysrhythmias that wer...

Autonomic nervous system activity and life threatening arrhythmias in experimental epilepsy

In the present study the possible derangement of the autonomic system and its influence in life threatening arrhythmias were analysed during paroxysmal activity. In hemispherectomized rats a paroxysmal activation of the hypothalamic and mesencephalic cardioarrhythmogenic triggers was performed by topical application of penicillin-G. Blood gas parameters and electrical activity of the thalamus, ...