Tanimu D Z, Obeid T, Awada A, Huraib S, Iqbal A
Section of Nephrology, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
J Nephrol. 1998 May-Jun;11(3):146-7.
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.
