Convulsive status epilepticus is a medical emergency. Get medical help right away if you have a convulsive seizure that lasts more than 5 minutes. If it is the first time you have a seizure, call 911.

Three anticonvulsant drugs used in benzodiazepine-refractory convulsive status epilepticus have been shown to have very similar levels of efficacy.. Use of levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and ...

Of 9,176 prehospital encounters for status epilepticus across 743 EMS agencies, 83.6% were treated with midazolam, 13.8% with lorazepam, and 2.7% with diazepam. Each EMS agency had a median of 38 ...

The resupply will also allow the Phase 2 RESET (Researching Established Status Epilepticus Treatment) trial to continue to advance. The trial is on track to enroll the first patient in the second ...

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) encompasses a wide range of diagnoses with variable outcomes and treatment recommendations. In children, NCSE can be observed in various conditions ...

If convulsive status epilepticus does not respond to 2 doses of a benzodiazepine, give any of the following medicines intravenously as a second-line treatment: levetiracetam . phenytoin . sodium ...

To the Editor: The article by Alldredge et al. (Aug. 30 issue)1 describes a randomized, controlled study of the prehospital use of benzodiazepines for patients with status epilepticus. I am concer ...

Evidence supports the use of benzodiazepines as the initial treatment for status epilepticus 1-3; however, seizures do not respond to benzodiazepines in up to a third of patients.The treatment for ...

Three in four patients with refractory status epilepticus treated in an intensive care unit (ICU) are still alive a year later, and half of them have recovered to baseline function, according to a ...

In children, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is associated with various conditions, including acute neurological injuries and specific childhood epilepsy syndromes, and it can also be ...