Erschienen in:
18.10.2019 | Letter to the Editor
Status dystonicus induced by deep brain stimulation surgery
verfasst von:
Marta Ruiz-Lopez, Renato P. Munhoz, Suneil K. Kalia, Giovanna Zorzi, Nardo Nardocci, Alfonso Fasano
Erschienen in:
Neurological Sciences
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Ausgabe 3/2020
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Excerpt
Status dystonicus (SD) is currently defined as “a movement disorder emergency characterized by severe episodes of generalized or focal hyperkinetic movements that have necessitated urgent hospital admission because of the direct life-threatening complication(s) of these movements, regardless of the patient’s neurological condition at baseline” [
1,
2]. Even though there are no open guidelines for treatment nor standardized therapeutic approaches, there seems to be an agreement on the fact that SD must be aggressively treated [
2]. …