New Way to Describe a Seizure Emergency called Status Epilepticus
Epilepsy News From: Wednesday, November 04, 2015
The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has published a report from a working group on Status Epilepticus. This group has recommended a new way to define and describe this seizure emergency. The revised terms and definitions address when a long seizure should be considered status epilepticus and the length of time before ongoing seizures leads to poor outcomes for the person in status.
Read ILAE’s announcement on their website: www.ilae.org.
Read an abstract or the full report in the journal, Epilepsia.
Epilepsy.com will be updating our pages on status epilepticus and share them with you soon!
Reviewed Date
Wednesday, November 04, 2015