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Status epilepticus

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prognosis
Causes

Common causes include
  • discontinued or irregular anticonvulsant use
  • alcohol withdrawal
  • stroke
  • metabolic/ anoxic causes
Rarer causes include
  • infection
  • tumour
  • trauma
  • drug overdoses

Expiry date: September 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   RS   Phillips, CM   Ball
Reviewer   S   Straus
CAT Writer   RS   Phillips, C   Wotton, CM   Ball