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” ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Status epilepticus' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

A new study has uncovered important trends for mortality and hospitalizations related to status epilepticus. Researchers are reporting that hospitalizations for status epilepticus have risen ...

A surprisingly high rate of nonconvulsive seizures and status epilepticus is found during continuous EEG monitoring in critically ill patients. A recent analysis of data regarding hospitalization and ...

The choice of drugs for patients with status epilepticus that is refractory to treatment with benzodiazepines has not been thoroughly studied. In a randomized, blinded, adaptive trial, we compared the ...

Status epilepticus is a neurological emergency defined by continuous or rapidly recurring seizures lasting longer than five minutes without recovery of consciousness. Prompt recognition and treatment ...

Status epilepticus, a prolonged, potentially life-threatening seizure, is epilepsy's most severe manifestation. Patients known to have refractory status epilepticus are more likely to need ICU care if ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3(9):505-516. When PLEDs are bilateral and asynchronous, they are called bilateral PLEDs (Figure 3C). Bilateral PLEDs seem to be more often associated with coma and poor ...

MYOGLOBINURIA following convulsive seizures is a rare occurrence. 1–4 This report describes a patient in whom myoglobinuria developed after unilateral status epilepticus. Although rhabdomyolysis was ...

Provide resuscitation and immediate emergency treatment for children, young people and adults who have convulsive status epilepticus (seizures lasting 5 minutes or more). If the person with convulsive ...