Epidemiology, clinic and diagnosis of status epilepticus in adults: A review

Abstract

Status epilepticus is one of the causes of impaired consciousness. Status epilepticus can develop both in patients with epilepsy and in patients without an epileptic history. The most difficult diagnostic task is to identify non-convulsive status epilepticus. The most frequently discussed in the literature issues of the clinical picture, diagnosis of different variants of status epilepticus were analyzed. Particular attention was paid to the peculiarities of status epilepticus in patients of older age groups.

Keywords

• status epilepticus
• non-convulsive status epilepticus
• epidemiology
• diagnosis