Updates in Refractory Status Epilepticus

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Broadly defined etiologies of status epilepticus</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Known</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> (i) Acute</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> (ii) Remote</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> (iii) Progressive</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> (iv) In defined electroclinical syndromes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unknown</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Specific etiologies of status epilepticus</i></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cerebrovascular diseases</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CNS infections</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Neurodegenerative diseases</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Intracranial tumors</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cortical dysplasias</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Head trauma</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alcohol related</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Intoxication</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Withdrawal of or low levels of AEDs</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cerebral hypoxia or anoxia</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Metabolic disturbances</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Autoimmune disorders</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mitochondrial diseases</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Etiologies of status epilepticus.</div>

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Table 1: Updates in Refractory Status Epilepticus 