TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus
A1  - Noe, Katherine H.
A1  - Wijdicks, Eelco
A2  - Sirven, Joseph I.
A2  - Stern, John M.
PY  - 2011
T2  - Atlas of Video-EEG Monitoring
AB  - Most  seizures  stop.  Failure  to  do  so  implies  that  the  mechanisms  needed  to  stop  seizures  are  ineffective  or  treatment  simply  fails.  Defining  status  epilepticus  (SE)  clinically  is  virtually  impossible,  and  many  recommendations  have  included  time  periods,  but  the  time  periods  are  artificial  and  not  clinically  useful.  In  epidemiologic  studies,  a  definition  of  ongoing  or  recurrent  seizure  without  return  to  baseline  level  of  consciousness  for  a  period  of  30  minutes  or  longer  has  been  us.1  In  clinical  practice,  however,  deferring  treatment  for  30  minutes  is  unacceptable,  and  most  physicians  have  adopted  an  operational  definition  of  seizures  persisting  beyond  5  to  10  minutes.2  Generally,  treatment  of  convulsive  SE  should  be  well  on  its  way  before  the  results  of  the  first  electroencephalogram  (EEG)  become  available.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/17
UR  - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103050229
ER  -