Treatment delay in status epilepticus – more effective prehospital symptom recognition warranted
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Intramuscular versus intravenous benzodiazepines for prehospital treatment of status epilepticus.
Acute seizures account for 1% of adult and 2% of pediatric emergency department visits, at an annual cost of $1 billion (in U.S. dollars).1 When seizures are prolonged or repetitive without recovery between episodes, the condition is termed status epilepticus, and it occurs in approximately 6% of visits to the emergency department for seizures. The cost for inpatient care of patients in status ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-019-0605-7