Objective: To understand the characteristics of patients who die from convulsive status epilepticus (CSE).Background: CSE is a medical emergency that has a high mortality rate if not identified and treated quic
there are many factors to consider when determining a treatment plan, such as age, breed, underlying cause of seizures (when present), concurrent medical conditions and medications, cost, side effects, and owner compliance. Each epileptic is different and the drug(s) chosen depends on numerous c...
Status epilepticus is a life-threatening neurological emergency that affects both adults and children. Approximately 36% of episodes of status epilepticus do not respond to the current preferred first-line treatment, benzodiazepines. The proportion of episodes that are refractory to benzodiazepines is ...
Status Epilepticus (SE) is a medical emergency warranting prompt treatment with rapidly-acting antiepileptic drugs. For immediate effect, benzodiazepines are the drugs of choice, but may result in morbidity due to respiratory suppression and hypotension. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus usually does not ...
Their final diagnosis at discharge was catatonia due to general medical condition in 6 (progressive supranuclear palsy in 2, post-status epilepticus, uremic encephalopathy, glioblastoma multiforme and tuberculous meningitis in one each), catatonia due to major depression in 4, schizophrenia and ...