STATUS EPILEPTICUS: LIFE AFTER DIAZEPAM

摘要

Status epilepticus is a danger to the patient and a treatment challenge for the clinician. Although no evidence exists to indicate that early initiation of appropriate treatment improves the outcome in dogs with seizures, such evidence does exist forhuman medicine and remains an important basic tenet of treatment. The main goals of the treatment of SE are to simultaneously (1) evaluate and treat any underlying causes, (2) maintain adequate vital functions with prevention of systemic complications, and (3) terminate the seizure activity safely and quickly while minimizing treatment-related morbidity. A team approach to patients in SE will be beneficial to accomplishing emergency stabilization, therapeutic intervention, and diagnostic investigation simultaneously. Concurrently, a medical history should be obtained from the owners or retrieved from available medical records.