Pulmonary edema following tonic-clonic seizure
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Pulmonary edema following tonic–clonic seizure
Dear Editor, We report a case of pulmonary edema following tonic–clonic seizure not associated with congestive heart failure. A 68-year-old man was transferred to our department with self-limited tonic–clonic seizure continuing for 3 min. The patient’s medical history was notable for epilepsy treated with carbamazepine (400 mg/day). The last seizure had occurred more than 25 years previously. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acute Medicine & Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2052-8817
DOI: 10.1002/ams2.251