PHILADELPHIA — Ketamine, used for analgesia and sedation in the hospital setting, is increasingly being used to treat refractory status epilepticus (RSE), but only for the most critically ill children ...

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) encompasses a wide range of diagnoses with variable outcomes and treatment recommendations. In children, NCSE can be observed in various conditions, including ...

This is an epilepsy that is idiopathic and typically begins in children between 3 and 13 years of age. Most commonly it starts before onset of puberty. There are simple partial seizures that involve ...

These are diagnosed based on the seizure type and semiology, age at onset, clinical course, family history and associated EEG Abnormalities. These constitute 10% of childhood epilepsies. The prognosis ...