Description
Status epilepticus describes prolonged seizure or recurrent seizure within a defined period and without complete regaining of consciousness, It is an important cause of mortality among patients with epilepsy. When the definition of status epilepticus is >10 minutes of prolonged seizure, self seizure termination occurred in nearly one-quarter of case and the mortality is lower than is the definition is > 30 minutes of prolonged seizure. Important most patients do not receive sufficient amount of benzodiazepine prior to hospital arrival. This registry will focus on adequacy of management of status epilepticus.
Essential criteria:
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Keywords
status epilepticus, EEG, prognosis, epilepsy
School
School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health / Hudson Institute of Medical Research » Medicine - Monash Medical Centre
Available options
PhD/Doctorate
Honours
BMedSc(Hons)
Time commitment
Full-time
Part-time
Top-up scholarship funding available
No
Physical location
Monash Medical Centre Clayton
Co-supervisors
Dr
Subramanian Muthusamy