Evidence-based On-call

internal medicine

Status epilepticus

Prevalence
Causes
Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prognosis

Therapy

Give oxygen ^b

Why?

Patients who become hypoxic are at increased risk of dying ^b

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