Prolonged postictal deficit: Uncomplicated Todd's palsy or nonconvulsive status epilepticus?
A notable minority of patients with prolonged postictal deficits have recurring NCSz. In the absence of reliable clinical or imaging predictors, patients with prolonged deficits may benefit from a 30-min EEG followed-when 2HELPS2B score > 1-by extended continuous EEG monitoring.
Authors
- Hugo Kermorvant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6042-0555)
- Gilles Naeije (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1580-1970)
- Noémie Ligot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0386-6817)
- Charlotte Damien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8008-3947)
- B. Legros
- Nathan Torcida Sedano
- Kilian L Di Caprio
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Yale University (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsia
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/epi.70140
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00