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status epilepticus

Prolonged generalized seizures, convulsive & non-convulsive. See: - convulsive status epilepticus - non-convulsive status epilepticus

Specific

convulsive status epilepticus epilepsia partialis continua; Kojevnikov's epilepsia; Jacksoninan status epilepticus non-convulsive status epilepticus

General

epilepsy acute repetitive seizures

References

  1. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 541-42
  2. Alan Gelb, UCSF, Department of Emergency Services, San Francisco General Hospital, 1998
  3. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
  4. Arif H, Hirsch LJ. Treatment of status epilepticus. Semin Neurol. 2008 Jul;28(3):342-54 PMID: 18777481
  5. Brophy GM, Bell R, Claassen J et al Guidelines for the evaluation and management of status epilepticus. Neurocrit Care. 2012 Aug;17(1):3-23 PMID: 22528274 (corresponding NGC guideline withdrawn Feb 2018)