Assessing the Risk/Benefit at Status Epilepticus Onset: The Prognostic Scores
Vincent Alvarez1,2, Andrea O Rossetti2
1Department of Neurology, Hôpital du Valais, Sion, Switzerland; and.
Abstract:
Status epilepticus is a medical emergency with a wide range of etiology, severity, and outcome. Different scores that can help in the stratification of a patient's risk of mortality have been published. This study describes and compares the three available scores (Status Epilepticus Severity Score, Epidemiology-Based Mortality Score in Status Epilepticus and Encephalitis, Nonconvulsive, Diazepam resistance, Imaging, Tracheal intubation).
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