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ReviewAnnals of neurology2017

Timing is everything: Where status epilepticus treatment fails.

Chloe E Hill, Alomi O Parikh, Colin Ellis, Jennifer S Myers, Brian Litt

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Review in Annals of neurology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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55citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Epilepsy and syphilis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology
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  4. Chronological Sequence of Convulsive Status Epilepticus Treatment Steps in a Real-Life Scenario for Patients Enrolled in a Large Multicenter Trial.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026
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  10. Time is brain: an expanded concept, not only for ischemic stroke A viewpoint of the Italian Association for Emergency Neurology (ANEU).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  13. Characteristics and causes in patients presenting with convulsions in the Danish prehospital setting.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chloe E HillDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Alomi O ParikhDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Colin EllisDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Jennifer S MyersCenter for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Brian LittDepartment of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Funding

Neurologic Clinical Epidemiology Training ProgramT32NS061779 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Andrea Lauren Christman Schneider, Allison Willis · 2008 to 2026
$4.6M
NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS061779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Status epilepticus is an emergency; however, prompt treatment of patients with status epilepticus is challenging. Clinical trials, such as the ESETT (Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial), compare effectiveness of antiepileptic medications, and rigorous examination of effectiveness of care delivery is similarly warranted. We reviewed the medical literature on observed deviations from guidelines, clinical significance, and initiatives to improve timely treatment. We found pervasive, substantial gaps between recommended and "real-world" practice with regard to timing, dosing, and sequence of antiepileptic therapy. Applying quality improvement methodology at the institutional level can increase adherence to guidelines and may improve patient outcomes. Ann Neurol 2017;82:155-165.

Indexed as

AnticonvulsantsGuideline AdherenceHumansStatus EpilepticusTime-to-TreatmentAnticonvulsants

Identifiers

PMID28681473
PMCPMC5823514

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