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.
Time the seizure. If a seizure lasts ~5 minutes, breathing is abnormal, injury occurs, it’s a first seizure, or recovery is not typical, call 911.
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 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.
Researchers studied how to improve the treatment of status epilepticus, a serious condition where a person has prolonged seizures, in children.
Researchers studied six Chinese children diagnosed with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) to understand the clinical features and genetic changes related to this condition.
This study looked at the experiences of a child named Ethan who has Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that starts in infancy.
This study looked at how effective cell therapy is in reducing seizures in animals that have chronic epilepsy.
Researchers studied 231 children who experienced febrile seizures, which are seizures triggered by fever, to see if they could predict who might develop epilepsy or a specific type of epilepsy called genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+).
Researchers studied new ways to treat status epilepticus (SE), a serious condition where seizures last too long and can cause severe harm.