The epidemiology and management of status epilepticus.
Status epilepticus refers to a prolonged seizure state, usually taken as lasting 30 min or longer. This review considers recent studies of the epidemiology of status epilepticus; these have confirmed the high incidence and the high associated mortality and morbidity. Advances in the management of status epilepticus are also reviewed but despite these advances there is still a lack of good comparative studies on which to base treatment regimens.
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Department of Neurology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
D000777:Anesthetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia; D015994:Incidence; D009017:Morbidity; D011379:Prognosis; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000777:Anesthetics; D000927:Anticonvulsants