Intermittent convulsions occur in 1% of neonates (O'Donohoe, 1979); status epilepticus is a less common problem. Drugs that are routinely used to control status epilepticus include phenobarbitone, phenytoin, diazepam and paraldehyde, together with the correction of any metabolic defect. We report a case of a newborn infant who had convulsions which were extremely resistant to conventional treat...