title: First line management of prolonged convulsive seizures in children and adults: good practice points.
abstract: Over the past decades, it has become clear that the most efficient way to prevent status epilepticus is to stop the seizure as fast as possible, and early treatment of prolonged convulsive seizures has become an integral part of the overall treatment strategy in epilepsy. Benzodiazepines are the first choice drugs to be used as emergency medication. This treatment in the early phases of a seizure often implies a 'pre-medical' setting before intervention of medically trained persons. In this paper, we propose "good practice points" for first line management of prolonged convulsive seizures in children and adults in a 'pre-medical' setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, 49 Herestraat, 3000, Leuven, Belgium, liesbeth.dewaele@uzleuven.be.
authors.forename: Liesbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Waele
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boon
authors.forename: Berten
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ceulemans
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Legros
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: Francoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delmelle
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ossemann
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Raedt
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smets
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van De Voorde
authors.forename: Helene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verhelst
authors.forename: Lieven
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lagae
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants