Rational polytherapy in the treatment of acute seizures and status epilepticus
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Treatment of acute seizures and status epilepticus.
Overt status epilepticus and persistent obtundation after a witnessed clinical seizure are neurologic emergencies. Early recognition and intervention in the electroclinical syndrome of status epilepticus reduces morbidity, although treatment of the underlying etiology is also critical. This review outlines key concepts related to status epilepticus, delineates an approach to the early managemen...
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Definitions Infants and children can have both convulsive and non-convulsive forms of prolonged seizures. This article addresses only convulsive episodes of status epilepticus, which is strictly defined as two or more seizures occurring consecutively without an intervening period of full recovery of consciousness, or as recurrent epileptic seizures lasting for more than 30 minutes. Unfortunatel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0013-9580
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03243.x