ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN SLEEP SPECTRUM IN CHILDREN

Raluca Ioana TELEANU, Magdalena SANDU, Daniel Mihai TELEANU et all., Smaranda NIȚĂ

ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN SLEEP SPECTRUM IN CHILDREN

RA

Raluca Ioana TELEANU¹

MA

Magdalena SANDU²

DA

Daniel Mihai TELEANU et all.³

SM

Smaranda NIȚĂ⁴

¹ Assoc. Prof. MD, PhD, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine, Bucharest

² PhD MD "Carol Davila" University of Medicine, Bucharest

³ PhD MD "Carol Davila" University of Medicine, Bucharest

⁴ MD Department of Pediatric Neurology, "Dr. Victor Gomoiu" Children's Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

Corresponding author: [email protected]

Accepted 26 March 2026

Available Online 15 November 2014

Abstract

ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN SLEEP (ESES) REPRESENTS AN ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC PATTERN CONSISTING IN GENERALIZATION AND ACTIVATION OF EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES DURING NON -REM SLEEP. IT IS ASSOCIATED W ITH A HETEROGENEOUS GROUP OF CLINICAL SYNDROMES AFFECTING CHILDREN IN VARYING DEGREES OF SEVERITY, WITH COMMON AND OVERLAPPING FEATURES. THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING AND TREATING ESES LIES IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CHILD'S PSYCHOEMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE ST ATUS AND EVOLUTION. IN THIS ARTICLE, WE PRESENT DIFFERENT ELECTROCLINICAL CASES WITHIN THE ESES SPECTRUM, THAT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND MANAGED IN OUR CLINIC.

Keywords

ESES CHILDREN COGNITIVE SLEEP

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