title: Adult Status Epilepticus: A Review of the Prehospital and Emergency Department Management.
abstract: Seizures are a common presentation in the prehospital and emergency department setting and status epilepticus represents an emergency neurologic condition. The classification and various types of seizures are numerous. The objectives of this narrative literature review focuses on adult patients with a presentation of status epilepticus in the prehospital and emergency department setting. In summary, benzodiazepines remain the primary first line therapeutic agent in the management of status epilepticus, however, there are new agents that may be appropriate for the management of status epilepticus as second- and third-line pharmacological agents.
authors: Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mbillington@partners.org.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Billington
authors: Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA. okandalaft@partners.org.
authors: Osama R
authors: OR
authors: Kandalaft
authors: Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA. iaisiku@bwh.harvard.edu.
authors: Imoigele P
authors: IP
authors: Aisiku
keywords: Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs); Status Epilepticus (SE); benzodiazepines; epilepsy; generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE)