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Focal Status Epilepticus

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Focal status epilepticus (FSE) refers to: (1) a focal epileptic seizure that lasts >30 min or (2) repeated focal epileptic seizures occurring over a period >30 min without full recovery in between.

Exact incidence of FSE is not known. Approximately two thirds of cases of status epilepticus start as focal seizures and over one fourth remains focal throughout (DeLorenzo et al. 1996; Coeytaux et al. 2000). Up to 10% of critically ill patients with unexplained coma may have non-convulsive status epilepticus, many of which are focal.

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Because most seizure types can occur as prolonged episodes consistent with status epilepticus, sometimes the classification scheme used for individual seizures is also used for status epilepticus. For example, simple-partial status epilepticus (SPSE) and complex-partial status epilepticus (CPSE) refer to prolonged simple-partial and complex-partial seizures, respectively. However, it can sometimes be difficult to determine the...

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  1. Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 102350, Hanes House 295, 330 Trent Drive, 27710, Durham, NC, USA

    Saurabh R. Sinha M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Medicine (Neurology)

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK

    C. P. Panayiotopoulos PhD, FRCP (MD) (MD)

  2. Department of Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    C. P. Panayiotopoulos PhD, FRCP (MD) (MD)

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Sinha, S.R. (2010). Focal Status Epilepticus. In: Panayiotopoulos, C.P. (eds) Atlas of Epilepsies. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-128-6_81

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