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ArticleEpileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape2025

Status non-epilepticus.

Ronen Spierer, Moshe Herskovitz

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Article in Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Ronen SpiererRappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-8401
Moshe HerskovitzRappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveStatus non-epilepticus is characterized by recurrent or prolonged psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), which are often mistaken for status epilepticus (SE). This study focuses on the misdiagnosis of convulsive SE in patients whose seizures were of psychogenic origin.

methodsWe analyzed 13 events of 8 patients initially misdiagnosed as having convulsive SE. The diagnostic evaluation included a review of their clinical presentation, treatment, and treatment response.

resultsThe patients in this study were predominantly treated with benzodiazepines (BZD). However, this treatment, together with anti-seizure medications (ASM) was mostly ineffective, leading to tracheal intubation in eight of the cases. SIGNIFICANCE: When a convulsive event does not cease with BZD and ASM, we suggest considering a differential diagnosis of PNES. The poor response to BZD raises several hypotheses regarding the origin of PNES.

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AnticonvulsantsDiagnostic ErrorsSeizuresStatus EpilepticusAdolescentAdultBenzodiazepinesDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAnticonvulsantsBenzodiazepinesfunctional statusmisdiagnosispsychogenic non‐epileptic seizures (PNES)status epilepticusstatus non‐epilepticus

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PMID40464111
PMCPMC12398196

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