Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes
Spindle coma is an electroclinical entity that has been used to describe an EEG pattern of “sleep-like” activity in comatose patients. Although it has been associated with favourable prognosis, its aetiology is one of the key factors for patient outcome. The authors present three cases of spindle co...
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| author | Ana Catarina Emidio Rita Faria Patricia Patricio Nuno Canas António Messias Carlos Meneses-Oliveira |
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| description | Spindle coma is an electroclinical entity that has been used to describe an EEG pattern of “sleep-like” activity in comatose patients. Although it has been associated with favourable prognosis, its aetiology is one of the key factors for patient outcome. The authors present three cases of spindle coma with different aetiologies (amitriptyline overdose, pontine myelinolysis and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy) that culminated in different outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b000de72c63f41d0b70d08b66b189ec82022-12-22T01:36:52ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942019-11-0110.12890/2019_0013161316Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different OutcomesAna Catarina Emidio0Rita Faria1Patricia Patricio2Nuno Canas3António Messias4Carlos Meneses-Oliveira5Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de São Bernardo, Centro Hospitalar de Setúbal, PortugalIntensive Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, PortugalIntensive Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, PortugalNeurophysiology laboratory, Neurology Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, PortugalIntensive Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, PortugalIntensive Medicine Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, PortugalSpindle coma is an electroclinical entity that has been used to describe an EEG pattern of “sleep-like” activity in comatose patients. Although it has been associated with favourable prognosis, its aetiology is one of the key factors for patient outcome. The authors present three cases of spindle coma with different aetiologies (amitriptyline overdose, pontine myelinolysis and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy) that culminated in different outcomes.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1316spindle comacomaphysiopathology |
| spellingShingle | Ana Catarina Emidio Rita Faria Patricia Patricio Nuno Canas António Messias Carlos Meneses-Oliveira Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine spindle coma coma physiopathology |
| title | Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes |
| title_full | Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes |
| title_fullStr | Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes |
| title_short | Spindle Coma in the Intensive Care Unit: Different Aetiologies – Different Outcomes |
| title_sort | spindle coma in the intensive care unit different aetiologies different outcomes |
| topic | spindle coma coma physiopathology |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1316 |
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