Pulseless Electrical Activity Arrest Presenting as Tonic Arm Stiffening and a Flat Electroencephalogram

Abstract

This report highlights a case of PEA arrest which mimicked a tonic seizure and was discovered using electroencephalogram recordings.

Keywords

status epilepticus epilepsy electroencephalography

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