Combined use of intravenous anesthetics and hypothermia in treating refractory status epilepticus

Abstract

The primary choice of treating refractory status epilepticus (RSE) is intravenous anesthetics, but the seizures of some patients can not get a good control. Thus, other therapies must be combined. Hypothermia not only can terminate seizures, but also play a part in brain protection. Though combined use of intravenous anesthetics and hypothermia is not a regular clinical scheme, the favorable effect has been proved by a lot of clinical research. This paper mainly focuses on the dose of intravenous anesthetics, the time, temperature and procedure of hypothermia, the indications and contraindications of combined therapy, and so on.

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.11.006