Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: The
unknown etiology of new-onset refractory status epilepticus
Journal: Current
Medical Issues
Year: 2022
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) was
first reported by Einar P Wilder-Smith in 2005. This term refers to individuals
with super refractory status epilepticus without associated past medical
history of epilepsy and with no identifiable cause despite initial evaluation.
About half of patients with NORSE have an unknown etiology despite an extensive
workup. However, a recent systematic review of the literature further
“entangled” this mystery. Herein, we would to discuss the possible etiologies
of NORSE. Lattanzi et al. studied 197 records with 1334 patients both pediatric
and adult. We reanalyzed their spreadsheet database and supplementary material
to better describe the following question “What is the etiology of NORSE?”
Keywords: Norse, etiology, status
epilepticus, epilepsy, encephalitis
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DOI
10.4103/cmi.cmi_5_22
Citation
Rissardo JP, Caprara AL. The unknown
etiology of new-onset refractory status epilepticus. Curr Med Issues 2022;20:119-20
