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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2024

Improving Quality of Care for Status Epilepticus: Putting Protocols into Practice.

Susanna S O'Kula, Chloé E Hill

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Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Susanna S O'KulaDepartment of Neurology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, 445 Lenox Road, A7-387, MSC 1275, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA. susanna.okula@downstate.edu.
Chloé E HillDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. chloehi@med.umich.edu.

Funding

Optimizing Care for Patients with Drug-Resistant EpilepsyK23NS126495 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Chloe E Hill · 2023 to 2026
$881k
NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS126495
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTimely treatment of status epilepticus (SE) improves outcomes, however gaps between recommended and implemented care are common. This review analyzes obstacles and explores interventions to optimize effective, evidence-based treatment of SE. RECENT

findingsSeizure action plans, rescue medications, and noninvasive wearables with seizure detection capabilities can facilitate early intervention for prolonged seizures in the home and school. In the field, standardized EMS protocols, EMS education, and screening tools can address variability in SE definitions and treatment, particularly benzodiazepine dosing. In the emergency room and hospital, provider education, SE order sets and alerts, and rapid EEG technologies, can shorten time to first-line therapy, second-line therapy, and EEG initiation. Widespread, sustained improvement in SE care remains challenging. A multipronged approach including emphasis on pre-hospital intervention, treatment protocols adapted to local contexts, and SE databases to systematically collect process and outcome metrics have the potential to transform SE treatment and outcomes.

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Status EpilepticusAnticonvulsantsClinical ProtocolsEmergency Medical ServicesHumansQuality ImprovementQuality of Health CareAnticonvulsantsClinical practice guidelinesDigital health technologyQuality improvementSeizure rescue medicationStatus epilepticus

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PMID38995482
PMCPMC11379039

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