Potentially Surgical Digestive Complications in Patients With Status Epilepticus: Insights From the ICTAL Registry - PubMed
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- #Status Epilepticus
- #ICU Mortality
- #Digestive Complications
- Study examined digestive complications requiring surgery in ICU patients with status epilepticus.
- Among 1007 patients, 1.6% developed digestive issues like ileus, colonic dilation, or gut ischemia.
- Refractory status epilepticus and its treatments (e.g., propofol, midazolam) were linked to complications.
- Patients with digestive complications had higher in-hospital mortality (50% vs. 18.4%).
- Digestive complications independently predicted mortality with an odds ratio of 3.43.