Evaluation of Adherence to The Neurocritical Care Society Guidelines in Management of Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus at The Emergency Department of Suez Canal University Hospital

Evaluation of adherence to pediatric status epilepticus management guidelines in Saudi Arabia

“…3 Recently, Status epilepticus management protocols including the Neurocritical care society guidelines have adopted the operational definition of generalized convulsive status epilepticus )GCSE( as "more than 5 minutes or either continuous seizures or two or more seizures with incomplete recovery of consciousness in between" because seizures that last more than 5 minutes are likely to be prolonged. 4 The incidence of SE globally is 10-58 patients per year per 100,000 population; the frequency is estimated to be 50 per year per 100,000 population, and the mortality rate to be 2.7-22%. The Adherence to status epilepticus protocol ... AlMohaimeed et al www.nsj.org.sa SE in children has been identified as a high priority health topic.…”