Management and Early Treatment of Status Epilepticus in Adults and Children

Ebru Altındağ; Füsun Ferda Erdoğan; İrsel Tezer; Çiğdem Özkara

doi:10.4274/tnd.34635

Ebru Altındağ¹, Füsun Ferda Erdoğan², İrsel Tezer³, Çiğdem Özkara⁴

¹Istanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
²Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Kayseri, Turkey
³Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
⁴Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey

Keywords: Status epilepticus, pharmacotherapy, electroencephalography

Abstract

Status epilepticus (SE) is one of the most frequent neurologic emergencies. Generalized convulsive SE, which is the most frequent and easily recognized type of SE, has the highest morbidity and mortality rates. It is important to initiate early and aggressive treatment without delay. In recent years, clinical studies have focused on the prehospital treatment of epileptic seizures. Therefore, written algorithms including prehospital settings will provide rapid application of diagnosis and treatment protocol steps. In this article, the results of the workshop on multidisciplinary treatment of SE are reported in light of new literature.