Status epilepticus is when seizure last 30 minutes or when a patient has two o more sequential crisis without a full recovery of consciousness between episodes. Terapia en estado epileptico convulsivo en pediatria c. Management protocols for status epilepticus in the pediatric. Revision del estado epileptico convulsivo pediatrico. Status epilepticus is a major public health problem along the world. The most frequent cause in epileptic patients is drug change or noncompliance and in the nonepileptic patients are cerebrovascular diseases, head trauma, drug. Currently, it is considered that a seizure convulsive or not, that last more than 5 minutes should be considered a status epilepticus. Oscar miguel oliva meza hernandez, ximena ochoa morales. Status epilepticus is a neurologic emergency associated with signi.
The diagnosis and treatment must be continuous from the first minutes to its resolution. Treatment of status epilepticus, an expert consensus report. Ten percent in average of the patients with epilepsy could suffer status epilepti. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. Status epilepticus is the most common neurological emergency in children. Status epilepticus is a medical emergency which presents seizures by 30 minutes or more of continuous activity, or two or more consecutive crises without full recovery of consciousness between them. Revision del estado epileptico convulsivo pediatrico y su. Status epilepticus is a common neurological emergency, with high morbidity and mortality, now defined as 5 minutes or more of 1 continuous clinical andor electrographic seizure activity or 2.
D intramuscular versus intravenous therapy for prehospital status epilepticus n engl j med 2012. Status epilepticus, continuous eeg antiepileptic treatment. It represents a frequently medical emergency with elevated costs and high morbimortality. An update in the initial management of paediatric status epilepticus. Treatment of refractory status peilepticus with pentobarbital, propofol, or midazolam. Fisiopatologia status convulsivo en pediatria epilepsia.