Title: Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Emergency Department: A Diagnostic Challenge
Author: Ahmad Q. Hasan, MD
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i8.103
Abstract
Non-convulsive status epilepticus had always been a diagnostic dilemma to emergency physicians. The challenge falls in its elusive nature and the subtlety of physical findings. Understanding the essence this disease process and the approach to it will result into a rewarding outcome for the patient and the physician. In this brief review we are trying to shed some light on that ambiguous neurological emergency and try to come up with a facilitated way of dealing with this common source of morbidity and mortality.
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