The American Epilepsy Society (AES) has issued new guidelines on the treatment of status epilepticus (SE). Among the recommendations is that a benzodiazepine should be the initial drug therapy for SE.

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is defined as a continuous state of seizures without convulsions, or multiple nonconvulsive seizures for more than 30 min without interictal full recovery The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this prior trial, the researchers conducted an analysis of prespecified patient characteristics, such as sex, ...

Status epilepticus -- continuous or rapid sequential seizure activity for 30 minutes or more -- is a medical emergency with a high mortality rate in both children and adults. Prompt and effective ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rare condition that presents with refractory and many times super-refractory status epilepticus, NORSE, including its subtype febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), is heterogeneous ...

Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007;3(9):505-516. Myoclonic Status Epilepticus. Myoclonic SE is characterized by continuous, usually generalized, myoclonias of cortical origin. The inclusion of myoclonic SE ...

At the Neurocritical Care Society's (NCS) 22nd Annual Meeting this week, a University of Cincinnati researcher presented Phase 3 clinical trial results finding a new drug is a safe and effective ...

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 ...

Emphasis rather is on knowing the medical history of your parents, brothers sisters, uncles etc, to the best possible. Knowing your own medical background and that of your husband, wife or the person ...