[HT-09] Critical care in epilepsy

[HT-09-2] Seizures in the emergency department: benefits and limitations of clinical guidelines

Kazuhiro Kato (Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, Japan)

Epilepsy is defined as the chronic disease mostly characterized by recurrent seizures, and frequently it also leads to the emergency situation such as status epilepticus or frequent seizures. Recently, new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) or super-refractory non-convulsive status epilepticus were documented and its cause and treatment remain to be solved. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy（SUDEP）is also needed to be studied for its cause and prevention. Clinically in the real world situation, psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) also occurs not infrequently that make the situation more complicated, and thus precise diagnosis and treatment is essential in critical care in epilepsy care. In this session, the above topics will be discussed together and finally it will provide the audience with updated clinical knowledge in daily epilepsy and seizure care.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
1998: M. S., Department of Mathematics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Science, Sendai, Japan
2007: M. D., Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
2015: Ph. D., Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
2007-2009: Resident, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
2009-2015: Resident (Neurology), Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Hospital
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
2015-present: Physician, Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomkai Hospital
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS:
Board Certification, Japanese Society of Neurology, 2014
Board Certification, Japan Epilepsy Society, 2015
Board Certification (EEG & EMG/NCS), Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2016