Refractory status epilepticus in children with and without prior epilepsy or status epilepticus.
Journal Article
Objective
To compare refractory convulsive status epilepticus (rSE) management and outcome in children with and without a prior diagnosis of epilepsy and with and without a history of status epilepticus (SE).Methods
This was a prospective observational descriptive study performed from June 2011 to May 2016 on pediatric patients (1 month-21 years of age) with rSE.Results
We enrolled 189 participants (53% male) with a median (25th-75th percentile) age of 4.2 (1.3-9.6) years. Eighty-nine (47%) patients had a prior diagnosis of epilepsy. Thirty-four (18%) patients had a history of SE. The time to the first benzodiazepine was similar in participants with and without a diagnosis of epilepsy (15 [5-60] vs 16.5 [5-42.75] minutes, p = 0.858). Patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy received their first non-benzodiazepine (BZD) antiepileptic drug (AED) later (93 [46-190] vs 50.5 [28-116] minutes, p = 0.002) and were less likely to receive at least one continuous infusion (35/89 [39.3%] vs 57/100 [57%], p = 0.03). Compared to patients with no history of SE, patients with a history of SE received their first BZD earlier (8 [3.5-22.3] vs 20 [5-60] minutes, p = 0.0073), although they had a similar time to first non-BZD AED (76.5 [45.3-124] vs 65 [32.5-156] minutes, p = 0.749). Differences were mostly driven by the patients with an out-of-hospital rSE onset.Conclusions
Our study establishes that children with rSE do not receive more timely treatment if they have a prior diagnosis of epilepsy; however, a history of SE is associated with more timely administration of abortive medication.Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Sánchez Fernández, I; Jackson, MC; Abend, NS; Arya, R; Brenton, JN; Carpenter, JL; Chapman, KE; Gaillard, WD; Gaínza-Lein, M; Glauser, TA; Goldstein, JL; Goodkin, HP; Helseth, A; Kapur, K; McDonough, TL; Mikati, MA; Peariso, K; Riviello, J; Tasker, RC; Topjian, AA; Wainwright, MS; Wilfong, A; Williams, K; Loddenkemper, T; pediatric Status Epilepticus Research Group (pSERG),
Published Date
- January 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 88 / 4
Start / End Page
- 386 - 394
PubMed ID
- 28011930
Pubmed Central ID
- 28011930
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1526-632X
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0028-3878
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003550
Language
- eng