Hospitalization for status epilepticus seizures rose from 2010 to 2019, disproportionately affecting Black patients, U.S. inpatient data showed. The overall prevalence of status epilepticus ...

Status epilepticus is a medical emergency associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is defined as "a single epileptic seizure of >30-min duration or a series of epileptic seizures during ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Continuous infusions for refractory status epilepticus may be more harmful than intermittent doses of drugs, researchers reported here. In a prospective cohort study, children who ...

Clinicians often face a dilemma about whether to perform lumbar puncture in a child with a prolonged febrile seizure or fever-associated status epilepticus. To determine whether status epilepticus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Status epilepticus incurred “a large burden” on patients and the U.S. health care system over a 3-year study of ...

A surprisingly high rate of nonconvulsive seizures and status epilepticus is found during continuous EEG monitoring in critically ill patients. A recent analysis of data regarding hospitalization and ...

Emergency department care of Established Status Epilepticus (ESE) in the US is not the same everywhere. Doctors use their judgment, but what treatment will work best is not known. The purpose of this ...

Early termination of prolonged seizures with intravenous administration of benzodiazepines improves outcomes. For faster and more reliable administration, paramedics increasingly use an intramuscular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A Bay Area neurotechnology firm has announced the commercial release of a novel artificial intelligence-based ...

In adult patients with status epilepticus (SE)—a life-threatening state of ongoing or repetitive seizures—the current evidence regarding outcome prediction is based on clinical, biochemical and EEG ...

A rare condition that presents with refractory and many times super-refractory status epilepticus, NORSE, including its subtype febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), is heterogeneous ...