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Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus
Status epilepticus is one of the most common life-threatening neurological emergencies in childhood with the highest incidence in the first 5 years of life and high mortality and morbidity rates. Although it is known that a delayed treatment and a prolonged seizure can cause permanent brain damage,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37456627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1175370 |
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author | Becker, Lena-Luise Gratopp, Alexander Prager, Christine Elger, Christian E. Kaindl, Angela M. |
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description | Status epilepticus is one of the most common life-threatening neurological emergencies in childhood with the highest incidence in the first 5 years of life and high mortality and morbidity rates. Although it is known that a delayed treatment and a prolonged seizure can cause permanent brain damage, there is evidence that current treatments may be delayed and the medication doses administered are insufficient. Here, we summarize current knowledge on treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in childhood and propose a treatment algorithm. We performed a structured literature search via PubMed and ClinicalTrails.org and identified 35 prospective and retrospective studies on children <18 years comparing two and more treatment options for status epilepticus. The studies were divided into the commonly used treatment phases. As a first-line treatment, benzodiazepines buccal/rectal/intramuscular/intravenous are recommended. For status epilepticus treated with benzodiazepine refractory, no superiority of fosphenytoin, levetirazetam, or phenobarbital was identified. There is limited data on third-line treatments for refractory status epilepticus lasting >30 min. Our proposed treatment algorithm, especially for children with SE, is for in and out-of-hospital onset aids to promote the establishment and distribution of guidelines to address the treatment delay aggressively and to reduce putative permanent neuronal damage. Further studies are needed to evaluate if these algorithms decrease long-term damage and how to treat refractory status epilepticus lasting >30 min. |
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spelling | pubmed-103434622023-07-14 Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus Becker, Lena-Luise Gratopp, Alexander Prager, Christine Elger, Christian E. Kaindl, Angela M. Front Neurol Neurology Status epilepticus is one of the most common life-threatening neurological emergencies in childhood with the highest incidence in the first 5 years of life and high mortality and morbidity rates. Although it is known that a delayed treatment and a prolonged seizure can cause permanent brain damage, there is evidence that current treatments may be delayed and the medication doses administered are insufficient. Here, we summarize current knowledge on treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in childhood and propose a treatment algorithm. We performed a structured literature search via PubMed and ClinicalTrails.org and identified 35 prospective and retrospective studies on children <18 years comparing two and more treatment options for status epilepticus. The studies were divided into the commonly used treatment phases. As a first-line treatment, benzodiazepines buccal/rectal/intramuscular/intravenous are recommended. For status epilepticus treated with benzodiazepine refractory, no superiority of fosphenytoin, levetirazetam, or phenobarbital was identified. There is limited data on third-line treatments for refractory status epilepticus lasting >30 min. Our proposed treatment algorithm, especially for children with SE, is for in and out-of-hospital onset aids to promote the establishment and distribution of guidelines to address the treatment delay aggressively and to reduce putative permanent neuronal damage. Further studies are needed to evaluate if these algorithms decrease long-term damage and how to treat refractory status epilepticus lasting >30 min. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10343462/ /pubmed/37456627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1175370 Text en Copyright © 2023 Becker, Gratopp, Prager, Elger and Kaindl. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Becker, Lena-Luise Gratopp, Alexander Prager, Christine Elger, Christian E. Kaindl, Angela M. Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
title | Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
title_full | Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
title_fullStr | Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
title_short | Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
title_sort | treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10343462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37456627 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1175370 |
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