First-line medication dosing in pediatric refractory status epilepticus

Alejandra Vasquez¹, Marina Gaínza-Lein¹, Nicholas S Abend¹+33

• ¹From the Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology (A.V., M.G.-L., M.A.-G., J.C., T.L.), Department of Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA; Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology (A.V., E.T.P.), Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Instituto de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina (M.G.-L.), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia; Servicio de Neuropsiquiatría Infantil (M.G.-L.), Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán, Universidad de Chile, Santiago; Division of Neurology (N.S.A.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Pediatric Neurology Unit (M.A.-G.), Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma, Spain; Section of Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience (A.A., J.J.R.), Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Division of Neurology (R.A., T.G., K.P.), Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH; Department of Neurology and Pediatrics (J.N.B., H.P.G.), University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville; Center for Neuroscience (J.L.C., W.D.G.), Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology (K.C.), Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora; Department of Neurology (R.F.-M., K.S.), Division of Pediatric Neurology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ruth D. & Ken M. Davee Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program (J.L.G.), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Division of Pediatric Neurology (R.M.G.), Washington University Medical Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Department of Neurology (K.K.), Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA; Section of Pediatric Critical Medicine (Y.-C.L.), Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Division of Child Neurology (T.L.M.), Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY; Division of Pediatric Neurology (T.L.M.), Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, IL; Division of Pediatric Neurology (M.A.M., D.T.), Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, NC; Department of Neurology (L.A.M., E.J.N., M.S.W.), Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle; Center for Integrative Brain Research (E.J.N.), Seattle Children's Research Institute, WA; Department of Pediatrics (A.P.O.), Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus; Department of Pediatrics (J.P.), Division Pediatric Neurology, Neuro-Critical Care Program, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; Division of Critical Care (R.C.T.), Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA; Critical Care and Pediatrics (A.T.), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and Department of Child Health (A.W., K.W.), University of Arizona College of Medicine and Barrow's Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital.+1