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Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Seizures > Status Epilepticus
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Seizures > Status Epilepticus

Preferred term

Status Epilepticus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Generalized Status Epilepticus
  • Status Epilepticus, Generalized

Note

  • note entry term PETIT MAL STATUS: do not confuse with PETIT MAL EPILEPSY see EPILEPSY, ABSENCE

Scope note

  • A prolonged seizure or seizures repeated frequently enough to prevent recovery between episodes occurring over a period of 20-30 minutes. The most common subtype is generalized tonic-clonic status epilepticus, a potentially fatal condition associated with neuronal injury and respiratory and metabolic dysfunction. Nonconvulsive forms include petit mal status and complex partial status, which may manifest as behavioral disturbances. Simple partial status epilepticus consists of persistent motor, sensory, or autonomic seizures that do not impair cognition (see also EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA). Subclinical status epilepticus generally refers to seizures occurring in an unresponsive or comatose individual in the absence of overt signs of seizure activity. (From N Engl J Med 1998 Apr 2;338(14):970-6; Neurologia 1997 Dec;12 Suppl 6:25-30)

History note

  • 1977

In other languages

  • epileptinen sarjakohtaus

    Finnish

  • määrittämätön epileptinen sarjakohtaus
  • ospecificerat status epilepticus
  • pitkittynyt epileptinen kohtaus
  • status epilepticus
  • status epilepticus NAS
  • status epilepticus non specificatus
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön status epilepticus
  • Status epilepticus

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013226

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