This hub covers status epilepticus, a seizure emergency, which is when a seizure doesn’t stop or seizures happen back-to-back without recovery. The 5-minute rule, rescue meds, and what care looks like.
A convulsive seizure approaching 5 minutes is treated seriously because the chance it won’t stop rises.
If a convulsive seizure lasts ~5 minutes, breathing is abnormal, injury occurs, it’s a first seizure, or recovery is not typical.
Yes. Confusion, staring, or unusual behavior that doesn’t resolve can be nonconvulsive status, especially in hospital settings.
Not always. Some families have plans that include rescue meds and monitoring. But prolonged convulsive seizures generally need urgent care.
This study looked at treatments for two serious conditions in children: new onset refractory status epilepticus (a type of severe seizure) and febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (a condition that can cause seizures after a fever).
A recent study looked at how doctors in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland treat a serious condition called status epilepticus (SE), which is a prolonged seizure that can be life-threatening.
Researchers studied a rare condition called Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy (PDE), which is caused by changes in a gene known as ALDH7A1.
Researchers studied non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) in unconscious patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
This study looked at children with a type of epilepsy called self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS).
Researchers studied factors that might predict whether someone will have another seizure after experiencing their first unprovoked seizure.
This study looked at how well children and young people with epilepsy can become seizure-free over time.
This study looked at how benzodiazepines (BZD), a type of medication used to treat status epilepticus (SE), were given to adult patients in the emergency department (ED).
This study looked at how epilepsy professionals in the UK and Norway use a rescue medication called midazolam to treat prolonged seizures, known as status epilepticus.