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    Status epilepticus (SE), or status seizure, is a medical condition consisting of a single seizure lasting more than 5 minutes, or 2 or more seizures within...
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  • Complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE) is one of the non-convulsive forms of status epilepticus, a rare form of epilepsy defined by its recurrent nature...
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    Lorazepam (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    disorders), trouble sleeping, severe agitation, active seizures including status epilepticus, alcohol withdrawal, and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting...
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    Any seizure lasting longer than five minutes should be treated as status epilepticus. A first seizure generally does not require long-term treatment with...
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    Propofol (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    procedures requiring anesthesia, in the management of refractory status epilepticus, and for induction and/or maintenance of anesthesia prior to and during...
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    maximally dilated because of the metabolic demand. In refractory status epilepticus, thiopental may be used to terminate a seizure. Sodium thiopental...
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    of the seizures, status epilepticus, suicide, trauma, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Death from status epilepticus is primarily due...
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    Clonazepam (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
    been found to be effective in the acute control of nonconvulsive status epilepticus; the benefits, though, tended to be transient in many people, and...
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    and different types of seizures may be seen, including refractory status epilepticus. Autonomic disturbances such as sweating, hypertension, tachycardia...
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  • major neurosurgery, as a last line of treatment in certain cases of status epilepticus that have not responded to other treatments, and in refractory intracranial...
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