OBJECTIVE To look for pattern of non-convulsive status epilepticus in children with epilepsy at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. METHODS Twelve children (6 male and 6 female) with non-convulsive status epilepticus were seen at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital from December 1992 until December 1997. The diagnosis was suspected in children with previous history of seiz...

Generalized, tonic-clonic status epilepticus is well recognized as a common neurologic emergency requiring prompt treatment. The diagnosis is usually not difficult, other than for patients with prolonged seizures, who often develop increasingly subtle clinical features (1,2). There also appears to be a consensus among physicians regarding treatment (3). Nonetheless, there is a major, persistent...

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 189 children who were admitted to the Pediatric Neurology Department at Yonsei University College of Medicine with status epilepticus (SE) between April, 1994 and April, 2003. The children were followed up for a mean duration of 17 months. We analyzed the clinical findings and the relationships between neurologic sequelae, recurrence, age of on...

UNLABELLED Volatile anesthetics may be used to treat status epilepticus when conventional drugs are ineffective. We studied 30 cats to compare the inhibitory effects of sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane on penicillin-induced status epilepticus. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with one of the three volatile anesthetics in oxygen. Penicillin G was injected into the cisterna magna, and ...

Twenty patients with complex partial status epilepticus were identified retrospectively from a specialist neurology hospital. Seventeen patients experienced recurrent episodes of complex partial status epilepticus, often occurring at regular intervals, usually over many years, and while being treated with effective anti-epileptic drugs. No unifying cause for the recurrences, and no common epile...