Effect of music on the recovery of a patient with refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Gisela Kuester; Loreto Rios; Armando Ortiz; Marcelo Miranda

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.001

Effect of music on the recovery of a patient with refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Epilepsy Behav. 2010 Aug;18(4):491-3. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.001. Epub 2010 Jul 15.

Authors

Gisela Kuester¹, Loreto Rios, Armando Ortiz, Marcelo Miranda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Clinica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.

PMID: 20637708
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.001

Abstract

The effect of music in epilepsy has been reported as beneficial but mainly in the interictal condition. There are no reports of the effect of music in an acute condition such as status epilepticus. Herein, we report a remarkable response to music in a patient with medically refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Electroencephalography / methods
Humans
Male
Music Therapy / methods*
Recovery of Function / physiology*
Status Epilepticus / rehabilitation*
Young Adult