Epilepsy is one of the most common and disabling chronic neurological disorders.
Antiseizure medications (ASMs), previously referred to as anticonvulsant or antiepileptic …

Status epilepticus is a life-threatening neurological emergency that affects both adults and
children. Approximately 36% of episodes of status epilepticus do not respond to the current …

Abstract These European Resuscitation Council Paediatric Life Support (PLS) guidelines,
are based on the 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Science …

Background The choice of drugs for patients with status epilepticus that is refractory to
treatment with benzodiazepines has not been thoroughly studied. Methods In a randomized …

Background Whether the treatment of rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG)
patterns in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest improves outcomes is uncertain. Methods …

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic threatens to kill large numbers of
people in the UK and to place unprecedented demands on the National Health Service …

Objective To determine the epidemiology of prolonged psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
(pPNES) misdiagnosed as status epilepticus, as well as the risks associated with non …

Objectives To explore the rate, characteristics, risk factors, and prognosis of children
presenting with seizures as the main symptom of acute COVID-19 (coronavirus disease …

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This article describes recent advances in the use of neurosteroids as novel anticonvulsants
for refractory status epilepticus (RSE) and as medical countermeasures (MCs) for …