1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-11-96-a 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-12-12 Seizure Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Status Epilepticus: Etiology and Outcome http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 12 1997 01 05 2016 11 12 96 96 Copyright: © 1997 The Author(s) 1997 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Status epilepticus in children: aetiology, treatment, and outcome

Etiology, treatment efficacy, and outcome were studied retrospectively in 65 children treated for status epilepticus at Tampere University Hospital, Finland.

 Status Epilepticus Neurologic Sequelae Barbiturate Anesthesia

Etiology, treatment efficacy, and outcome were studied retrospectively in 65 children treated for status epilepticus at Tampere University Hospital, Finland. Symptomatic causes were present in 40%, and fever was associated in 37%. Neurologic sequelae occurred in 15% and epilepsy in 23%. Mean follow-up was 3.6 years. Status epilepticus lasting 120 minutes caused major long-term neurologic morbidity. Short barbiturate anesthesia aborted status in less than 2 hours in 75% of cases. [1]

COMMENT. These authors advocate the early and prompt use of barbiturate anesthesia in status epilepticus if first-line drugs are ineffective.

Eriksson KJ Koivikko MJ Status epilepticus in children: aetiology, treatment, and outcome Dev Med Child Neurol 1997 Oct 39 10 652 658 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07358.x 9352725