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...

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...

disorders), trouble sleeping, severe agitation, active seizures including status epilepticus, alcohol withdrawal, and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting...

procedures requiring anesthesia, in the management of refractory status epilepticus, and for induction and/or maintenance of anesthesia prior to and during...

Any seizure lasting longer than five minutes should be treated as status epilepticus. A first seizure generally does not require long-term treatment with...

of the seizures, status epilepticus, suicide, trauma, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Death from status epilepticus is primarily due...

maximally dilated because of the metabolic demand. In refractory status epilepticus, thiopental may be used to terminate a seizure. Sodium thiopental...

been found to be effective in the acute control of nonconvulsive status epilepticus; the benefits, though, tended to be transient in many people, and...

be given in the cheek or in the nose for acute seizures, including status epilepticus. Drawbacks include a high degree of breakthrough seizures—due to the...

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...