J Child Neurol. 2005;20(6):476-481. Pentobarbital has emerged as one of the standard choices for refractory generalized convulsive status epilepticus. In this study, in 11% of the cases (13 patients), ...

In adult patients with status epilepticus (SE)—a life-threatening state of ongoing or repetitive seizures—the current evidence regarding outcome prediction is based on clinical, biochemical and EEG ...

Most seizures last less than 5 minutes. But sometimes they don’t stop there – or they come one after the other, giving the person suffering from them no chance to recover. “Status epilepticus” ...

Early termination of prolonged seizures with intravenous administration of benzodiazepines improves outcomes. For faster and more reliable administration, paramedics increasingly use an intramuscular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Status epilepticus incurred “a large burden” on patients and the U.S. health care system over a 3-year study of ...

This is an epilepsy that is idiopathic and typically begins in children between 3 and 13 years of age. Most commonly it starts before onset of puberty. There are simple partial seizures that involve ...

The efficacy of a combination of midazolam and phenytoin in treating generalized convulsive status epilepticus in children was studied retrospectively. The patient group comprised all patients ...

Status epilepticus (SE) is an extremely serious and often fatal medical emergency. It may be defined as a continuous seizure which lasts for 30 minutes or more, or as 2 or more seizure episodes ...