Rescue Medication in Children at Risk of Prolonged Convulsive Seizures

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-11-4

Rescue Medication in Children at Risk of Prolonged Convulsive Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 11

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Nov 2013

Abstract

Investigators at the Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and other centers in the UK and Europe, explore the adequacy of treatment of children with prolonged convulsive seizures (defined as seizures lasting more than 5 min) occurring in school to prevent progression to status epilepticus and neurological morbidity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-11-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 83 - 84

Published on: Nov 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Prolonged Convulsive Seizures,

Neurological morbidity,

Rescue medication

© 2013 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 11