seizure

How do you manage the patient with benzodiazepine-refractory status epilepticus?

This week we cover the ESETT trial which compares levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate for treatment of status epilepticus. 

This week Rachel Bridwell and Brit Long cover sneaky seizure triggers.

What’s your approach to an adult first time seizure? Check out this CORE EM post for a review.

The source of a seizure can sometimes be tough to determine… This post evaluates sneaky triggers.

How do you evaluate and manage the patient with refractory seizures? This post from Anthony DeVivo and Jenny Beck-Esmay provides pearls and pitfalls for the care of the patient with refractory seizures.

Welcome to Part II of capnography uses in the ED. Capnography is increasingly being utilized in the ED, primarily for endotracheal intubation, cardiac arrest, and procedural sedation. This post will introduce you to several other uses for capnography.

We’ll give you the all the tools you need to approach the child who presents to the ED with seizure with the utmost confidence!

If you’re like us, chances are that you’ve encountered the difficulty in evaluating a patient in the emergency department after seizure-like activity. Read on, contained within we offer a number of pearls for assessing this unique patient population.

The pediatric patient with seizure, or is it really a seizure? A host of other conditions can look just like seizure. This Peds EM Morsel provides you with some answers.