ALLMedicine™ Status Epilepticus Center

Nov 25th, 2020 - Super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) is a life-threatening condition characterized by the persistence or recurrence of seizures despite the use of first- and second-line antiepileptic drugs and the continuous infusion of anesthetics for more...

Nov 24th, 2020 - Diagnosis and management of status epilepticus (SE), including non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), is challenging, with a reported 30%-50% of epilepticus patients not responding to available antiseizure medications (ASMs). Injectable benzodi...

Nov 24th, 2020 - We describe the efficacy of high-dose barbiturates and early administration of a parenteral ketogenic diet (KD) as initial treatments for acute status epilepticus (SE) in an 8-year-old girl with febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)....

Nov 24th, 2020 - Seizures and Status Epilepticus.|2020|Pollandt S,Bleck T,|

Nov 21st, 2020 - Management of acute neurologic disorders in the emergency department is multimodal and may require the use of medications to decrease morbidity and mortality secondary to neurologic injury. Clinicians should form an individualized treatment approa...

Feb 8th, 2016 - The guideline, which reviewed all available adult and pediatric evidence, provides a treatment algorithm that comprises three phases of treatment. It also offers evidence-based answers to the effectiveness, safety and tolerability questions regard.

Feb 8th, 2016 - Despite the paucity of well-designed randomized controlled trials, practical conclusions and an integrated treatment algorithm for the treatment of convulsive status epilepticus across the age spectrum (infants through adults) can be constructed.

Jan 29th, 2015 - Critical Care Continuous EEG (CCEEG) is a common procedure to monitor brain function in patients with altered mental status in intensive care units. There is significant variability in patient populations undergoing CCEEG and in technical specific...

May 8th, 2013 - Recommendations for EEG monitoring in the ICU are lacking. The Neurointensive Care Section of the ESICM assembled a multidisciplinary group to establish consensus recommendations on the use of EEG in the ICU. A systematic review was performed and ...

Jan 6th, 2010 - The objective of the current article was to review the literature and discuss the degree of evidence for various treatment strategies for status epilepticus (SE) in adults. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for relevant literature from 1966 to Januar...

Nov 25th, 2020 - Super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) is a life-threatening condition characterized by the persistence or recurrence of seizures despite the use of first- and second-line antiepileptic drugs and the continuous infusion of anesthetics for more...

Nov 24th, 2020 - Diagnosis and management of status epilepticus (SE), including non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), is challenging, with a reported 30%-50% of epilepticus patients not responding to available antiseizure medications (ASMs). Injectable benzodi...

Nov 24th, 2020 - We describe the efficacy of high-dose barbiturates and early administration of a parenteral ketogenic diet (KD) as initial treatments for acute status epilepticus (SE) in an 8-year-old girl with febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)....

Nov 24th, 2020 - Seizures and Status Epilepticus.|2020|Pollandt S,Bleck T,|

Nov 21st, 2020 - Management of acute neurologic disorders in the emergency department is multimodal and may require the use of medications to decrease morbidity and mortality secondary to neurologic injury. Clinicians should form an individualized treatment approa...

Jun 16th, 2020 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hello and welcome. I'm Dr Robert Glatter, advisor and editorial board member for Medscape Emergency Medicine. Managing patients with refractory status epilepticus can be quite cha...

Dec 19th, 2019 - BALTIMORE – Investigators from the University of California, San Francisco, are working with medical directors across the state to update county emergency medical services protocols to ensure patients in status epilepticus get 10 mg IM midazolam i.

Nov 27th, 2019 - 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 valproate each led to seizure cessation and improved alertn...

Nov 27th, 2019 - 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 valproate each led to seizure cessation and improved alertn...

Nov 27th, 2019 - In all, 55% of the patients were male, 43% were black, and 16% were Hispanic. The population was 39% children and adolescents, 48% adults aged 18-65 years, and 13% older than 65 years.