Iván Sánchez Fernández, Nicholas S Abend, Satish Agadi, Sookee An, Ravindra Arya, James Nicholas Brenton, Jessica L Carpenter, Kevin E Chapman, William D Gaillard, Tracy A Glauser, Howard P Goodkin, Kush Kapur, Mohamad A Mikati, Katrina Peariso, Margie Ream, James Riviello, Robert C Tasker, Tobias Loddenkemper
OBJECTIVE: To describe the time elapsed from onset of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus (SE) to administration of antiepileptic drug (AED). METHODS: This was a prospective observational cohort study performed from June 2011 to June 2013. Pediatric patients (1 month-21 years) with convulsive SE were enrolled. In order to study timing of AED administration during all stages of SE, we restricted our study population to patients who failed 2 or more AED classes or needed continuous infusions to terminate convulsive SE...
June 9, 2015: Neurology