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Management of Status Epilepticus in Children

Status epilepticus is a common pediatric neurological emergency. Management includes prompt administration of appropriately selected anti-seizure medications, identification and treatment of seizure precipitant(s), as well as identification and management of associated systemic complications. This r...

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Autores principales: Smith, Douglas M., McGinnis, Emily L., Walleigh, Diana J., Abend, Nicholas S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4850470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27089373
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm5040047
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author Smith, Douglas M.
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description Status epilepticus is a common pediatric neurological emergency. Management includes prompt administration of appropriately selected anti-seizure medications, identification and treatment of seizure precipitant(s), as well as identification and management of associated systemic complications. This review discusses the definitions, classification, epidemiology and management of status epilepticus and refractory status epilepticus in children.
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spelling pubmed-48504702016-05-03 Management of Status Epilepticus in Children Smith, Douglas M. McGinnis, Emily L. Walleigh, Diana J. Abend, Nicholas S. J Clin Med Review Status epilepticus is a common pediatric neurological emergency. Management includes prompt administration of appropriately selected anti-seizure medications, identification and treatment of seizure precipitant(s), as well as identification and management of associated systemic complications. This review discusses the definitions, classification, epidemiology and management of status epilepticus and refractory status epilepticus in children. MDPI 2016-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4850470/ /pubmed/27089373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm5040047 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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