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Absence status: an overlooked cause of acute confusion in hemodialysis patients
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Absence status: an overlooked cause of acute confusion in hemodialysis patients

D Z Tanimu, T Obeid, A Awada, S Huraib and A Iqbal
Journal of nephrology, Vol.11(3), pp.146-147
05/1998
PMID: 9650122

Abstract

Acute Disease Adult Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Confusion - etiology Diazepam - therapeutic use Electroencephalography Epilepsy, Absence - diagnosis Epilepsy, Absence - drug therapy Epilepsy, Absence - etiology Female Humans Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Renal Dialysis
Epileptic seizures are a known complication of uremia, but non-convulsive seizures appear to be rare. We describe a patient with absence status presenting with acute confusion who responded well to intravenous diazepam. Attention is drawn to this rare cause of acute confusional state in the hemodialysis population.

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