OBJECTIVE To look for pattern of non-convulsive status epilepticus in children with epilepsy at the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. METHODS Twelve children (6 male and 6 female) with non-convulsive status epilepticus were seen at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital from December 1992 until December 1997. The diagnosis was suspected in children with previous history of seiz...

OVER the past 250 years, many accounts of status epilepticus have been published, but its true frequency is difficult to judge. Status epilepticus has been recognized as a clinical entity since 1824 when Calmeil first described patients who had repeated or prolonged uninterrupted epileptic seizures. It has been estimated that about 5% of all epileptic patients at some time in their lives experi...

Therapy of the Status Epilepticus. The status epilepticus is – second to stroke – the most common neurological emergency situation. The generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE), the most severe and extreme expression of an epileptic seizure, is associated with a significant morbidity and one out of five patients will not survive. Only half of the patients have pre-existing epilepsy and ...

UNLABELLED Volatile anesthetics may be used to treat status epilepticus when conventional drugs are ineffective. We studied 30 cats to compare the inhibitory effects of sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane on penicillin-induced status epilepticus. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with one of the three volatile anesthetics in oxygen. Penicillin G was injected into the cisterna magna, and ...

Twenty patients with complex partial status epilepticus were identified retrospectively from a specialist neurology hospital. Seventeen patients experienced recurrent episodes of complex partial status epilepticus, often occurring at regular intervals, usually over many years, and while being treated with effective anti-epileptic drugs. No unifying cause for the recurrences, and no common epile...

Convulsive status epilepticus in childhood is a life threatening condition with serious risk of neurological sequelae which constitutes a medical emergency. Clinical and experimental data suggest that prolonged seizures can have immediate and long-term adverse consequences on the immature and developing brain. So the child who presents with a continuous generalized convulsive seizure lasting gr...