Status epilepticus. Can the incidence be reduced?

JY Al-Alama, AO Shaabat - Neurosciences Journal, 2002 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: To identify high risk groups for the development of convulsive status epilepticus
(CSE) in an attempt to decrease the incidence and to determine both the time to access to …

Pediatric status epilepticus: a perspective from Saudi Arabia

JK Mah, MW Mah - Pediatric neurology, 1999 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to assess risk factors and management of status epilepticus
and non–status epilepticus seizures at a community hospital in Saudi Arabia. The research …

Epidemiology of status epilepticus

RJ DeLorenzo, JM Pellock, AR Towne… - Journal of clinical …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
This study presents a review of the epidemiology of status epilepticus (SE) in Richmond,
Virginia, USA The data summarize some of the first population-based information on the …

Status epilepticus in children

JM Dooley - Neurosciences Journal, 2008 - nsj.org.sa
Status epilepticus is defined as a continuous seizure lasting for at least 30 minutes or
recurrent seizures persisting for over 30 minutes, without recovery of consciousness. The …

The causes of status epilepticus in children

A Rosati, R Guerrini - The Causes of Epilepsy: Common and …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening emergency traditionally defined as 'an acute
epileptic condition characterized by continuous seizures for at least 30 minutes, or by 30 …

Status Epilepticus and Seizures

JL GOLDSTEIN, MG CHUNG - Pediatric Neurocritical Care, 2012 - books.google.com
Seizures and status epilepticus (SE) have been described as early as 600 to 700 bc (1). In
medical writings from the early 1700s, writers acknowledged the often fatal outcome of SE …

Risk factors of status epilepticus in children

S KarasalİhoĞlu, N Öner, CŞ ÇeLtik… - Pediatrics …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Although there is abundant literature about the morbidity and mortality rates of
status epilepticus (SE), little is known about the risk factors of this medical emergency. The …

First attack of status epilepticus in adults: etiology and risk factors

AA GHALI, I Ahmed, WA FADEL… - The Medical Journal of …, 2019 - mjcu.journals.ekb.eg
AbstractBackground: Status Epilepticus (SE) is a common life-threatening neurological
emergency the etiology of SE varies according to age and prior history of seizures. In people …

Epidemiology of status epilepticus in children

CR Newton - Developmental medicine and child neurology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Status epilepticus is one of the most severe neurological emergencies in children,
associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and it has a profound influence on the …

Status epilepticus: frequency, etiology, and neurological sequelae.

WA Hauser - Advances in neurology, 1983 - europepmc.org
Status epilepticus is associated with high mortality and is a predictor of poor neurological
outcome; yet the contribution of prolonged seizures to mortality and the causal sequence for …