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Most seizures last less than 5 minutes. But sometimes they don’t stop there – or they come one after the other, giving the person suffering from them no chance to recover. “Status epilepticus” ...

The choice of drugs for patients with status epilepticus that is refractory to treatment with benzodiazepines has not been thoroughly studied. In a randomized, blinded, adaptive trial, we compared the ...

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 ...

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) encompasses a wide range of diagnoses with variable outcomes and treatment recommendations. In children, NCSE can be observed in various conditions, including ...

PAOLI, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sedor Pharmaceuticals, LLC (Sedor) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved SESQUIENT (fosphenytoin sodium for injection) for the ...

An International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) task force has developed a proposed new definition of status epilepticus (SE) that puts into a framework what has been the practice for years. While ...

Status epilepticus (SE) is a condition in which seizure activity in the brain persists for prolonged periods of time. It is associated with significant mortality of 15-22% in adults and has a high ...

Chemotherapy of ovarian cancer patients with metastases in the brain. Phase I/IIa trial of chemoradiotherapy plus autologous formalin-fixed tumor vaccine for newly diagnosed glioblastoma: Association ...

Status epilepticus (SE) is an extremely serious and often fatal medical emergency. It may be defined as a continuous seizure which lasts for 30 minutes or more, or as 2 or more seizure episodes ...

Treatment of NCSE depends to a large extent on the subtype diagnosed and the circumstances in which SE occurs ( Table 1). The drug regimens described below are applicable to patients of all ages; ...