Status Epilepticus
Current as of: March 28, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & John Pope, MD, MPH – Pediatrics & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine & Steven C. Schachter, MD – Neurology
Status epilepticus is a prolonged seizure that can cause brain damage and sometimes death. Head injury, drug overdose or withdrawal, stroke, brain tumor, infection, or seizure disorders are common causes of status epilepticus. It occurs when: A seizure lasts more than 30 minutes. Two or more seizures occur in rapid…