Management of seizures

Seizure patients represent a population that is frequently seen in medical practice. Critical care physicians will encounter chronically epileptic patients as well as patients with isolated seizures that develop in the course of treatment of surgical and other medical disorders. In such circumstances, knowledge of seizure type and common antiepileptic medications facilitates appropriate medical management. More emergently, SE may constitute a life-threatening indication for admission to an intensive care unit. Rapid treatment of SE is necessary to prevent multiple medical complications leading to morbidity and mortality.