First Time Seizure
Vitals & Useful Links:
- Learn about management of a first time seizure (see spoilers below if you want to find out how)
- EM Clerkship Podcast – Seizure (spoilers)
- EM Clerkship Podcast – Status Epilepticus
- ACEP Clinical Policies – Seizure
EMJC is back to our regularly scheduled episodes! This week Arman (MS4) leads Kyle (MS4) and Frankie (MS4) through a case of a woman presenting after a first time seizure. How would you approach this case? As always, we learn some important management strategies for seizures. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please email us at emjccast@gmail.com
*****EPISODE SPOILERS BELOW*****
Here’s Arman’s Article on Management of Status Epilepticus
Glauser, T., Shinnar, S., Gloss, D., Alldredge, B., Arya, R., Bainbridge, J., Bare, M., Bleck, T., Dodson, W. E., Garrity, L., Jagoda, A., Lowenstein, D., Pellock, J., Riviello, J., Sloan, E., & Treiman, D. M. (2016). Evidence-Based Guideline: Treatment of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Children and Adults: Report of the Guideline Committee of the American Epilepsy Society. Epilepsy currents, 16(1), 48–61. https://doi.org/10.5698/1535-7597-16.1.48
Arman’s Article on the ESETT Trial
Cock, H. R., & ESETT Group. (2011). Established status epilepticus treatment trial (ESETT). Epilepsia, 52, 50-52.
EM Cases – Management of Status Epilepticus
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