2024
Outpatient management of prolonged seizures and seizure clusters to prevent progression to a higher‐level emergency: Consensus recommendations of an expert working group
Pina‐Garza J, Chez M, Cloyd J, Hirsch L, Kälviäinen R, Klein P, Lagae L, Sankar R, Specchio N, Strzelczyk A, Toledo M, Trinka E. Outpatient management of prolonged seizures and seizure clusters to prevent progression to a higher‐level emergency: Consensus recommendations of an expert working group. Epileptic Disorders 2024, 26: 484-497. PMID: 38813941, DOI: 10.1002/epd2.20243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpert working groupDefinition of PSSeizure action planWorking GroupEvidence-based guidanceProlonged seizuresSeizure clustersManaging PSStatus epilepticusExpert recommendationsTreatment goalsConsensus recommendationsOutpatient managementConsensus definitionAction planMedicationManagement of acute seizuresRecommendationsIdeal medicationAcute seizuresPrevent progressionSevere seizuresSeizure activityGroup membersSeizure termination
2012
Epilepsy Emergencies: Diagnosis and Management
Foreman B, Hirsch LJ. Epilepsy Emergencies: Diagnosis and Management. Neurologic Clinics 2012, 30: 11-41. PMID: 22284053, DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2011.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatus epilepticusLimited evidence-based guidanceIrreversible brain injuryNonconvulsive status epilepticusEvidence-based guidanceEpilepsy emergenciesNonconvulsive seizuresHigh morbidityBrain injuryEarly treatmentTreatment responseProlonged casesRefractory conditionEpilepticusPatientsPrognosisSeizuresTreatmentDiagnosisMorbidityComatoseInjuryMortality