Second-line anticonvulsant for convulsive status epilepticus: The dosage matters!

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Sainte Anne Military Teaching Hospital, 83000 Toulon, France; Junior Group (Groupe Jeunes), Société française d'anesthésie et de reanimation (SFAR), 75016 Paris, France.
² IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Department of anaesthesiology and critical care, hôpitaux universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, hôpital Beaujon, 92110 Paris, France.
³ IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, hôpital Paris Saint Joseph, 75014 Paris, France.
⁴ IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles - Site André Mignot, 177, rue de Versailles, 78150 Le Chesnay cedex, France.
⁵ IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles - Site André Mignot, 177, rue de Versailles, 78150 Le Chesnay cedex, France; Inserm U970, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: stlegriel@gmail.com.

Editorial

Pierre-Julien Cungi et al. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;39(1):11-13.

doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.12.007. Epub 2020 Jan 2.

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Sainte Anne Military Teaching Hospital, 83000 Toulon, France; Junior Group (Groupe Jeunes), Société française d'anesthésie et de reanimation (SFAR), 75016 Paris, France.
² IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Department of anaesthesiology and critical care, hôpitaux universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, hôpital Beaujon, 92110 Paris, France.
³ IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, hôpital Paris Saint Joseph, 75014 Paris, France.
⁴ IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles - Site André Mignot, 177, rue de Versailles, 78150 Le Chesnay cedex, France.
⁵ IctalGroup, 78150 Le Chesnay, France; Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier de Versailles - Site André Mignot, 177, rue de Versailles, 78150 Le Chesnay cedex, France; Inserm U970, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, 75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: stlegriel@gmail.com.

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Keywords: Outcome; Randomised controlled trial; Status epilepticus/therapy.

Comment on

Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus.
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