ICU Vivas · Seizures & weakness
Clinical viva — your approach to the seizing patient
A clinical viva on the approach to SE — the benzodiazepine, the second-line (ESETT), the refractory, and the cause search. Plus the GBS and the MG principles.
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Prompt
A clinical viva on the approach to SE — the benzodiazepine, the second-line (ESETT), the refractory, and the cause search. Plus the GBS and the MG principles.
The question
"Take me through your approach to a patient who presents in status epilepticus."[2]
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- [1]Kapur J, Elm J, Chamberlain JM, et al. Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus (ESETT). New England Journal of Medicine, 2019.PMID 31774955
- [2]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.