Acute Physiologic Changes, Morbidity, and Mortality of Status Epilepticus Simon D. Shorvon John M. Pellock Robert J. DeLorenzo Introduction Status epilepticus is a relatively infrequent but serious manifestation of epilepsy….
Febrile Status Epilepticus Darrell V. Lewis Shlomo Shinnar Introduction Febrile seizures (FS) are acute symptomatic seizures that occur in 2% to 5% of children, making them the most common form…
Simple Partial Status Epilepticus and Epilepsia Partialis Continua of Kozhevnikov Heinz Gregor Wieser Patrick Chauvel Introduction Literature reports of simple partial status epilepticus (SPSE) seem to be relatively rare in…
Myoclonic Status Epilepticus Shunsuke Ohtahara Yoko Ohtsuka Introduction There are as many types of status epilepticus as there are types of epileptic seizures. Myoclonic status epilepticus is defined as a…
Absence Status Epilepticus Pierre Thomas O. Carter Snead III Introduction Status epilepticus (SE) may be classified for practical purposes into convulsive SE, which must be rapidly stopped to prevent death…
Complex Partial Status Epilepticus Peter D. Williamson Introduction Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (SE) is divided into two categories: absence SE (ASE) (spike-wave stupor, petit mal status) and complex partial SE (CPSE).4,71,102,114,117…
Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus David M. Treiman Introduction Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) is the most common and most dangerous type of SE. The earliest mention of SE in the…
Febrile Seizures Carol S. Camfield Peter R. Camfield Brian G. Neville Introduction Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder through the lifecycle. In the United States and Western Europe,…
Neonatal Seizures Eli M. Mizrahi Perrine Plouin Robert R. Clancy Introduction Neonatal seizures may represent the first, and perhaps only, clinical sign of a central nervous system (CNS) disorder in…
Epileptic Spasms Gregory L. Holmes Olivier Dulac Federico Vigevano Introduction On January 26, 1841, Dr. W. J. West of Tunbridge, England, wrote a letter to the Lancet in which he…
