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Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
between them PEDS ... Lorazepam 0.1 mg/kg ... seizures #management #treatment ... #algorithm #peds ... #pediatrics #neurology
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... Lorazepam 0.1 mg/kg ... Midazolam 10 mg IM ... #Epilepticus #Treatment ... Algorithm #Management #Neurology
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
cardiac arrest/death ... **Get baseline EKG ... QT prolonging meds ... family history) Treatment ... QTc prolonging meds
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment ... Lorazepam 0.1 mg/kg ... Midazolam 10 mg IM ... #Epilepticus #Treatment ... Convulsive #management #neurology
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- HIV, CMV, EBV ... syndrome, Sudden death ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #neurology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
dysfunction and death ... Treatment depends ... Surgical devices, e.g ... Sepsis (→ 3-14) e.g ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
serologic, and EMG ... characteristic EMG ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... diagnosis #management #neurology ... #treatment
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Serologic and EMG ... Myasthenia Gravis Treatment ... - Symptomatic Treatment ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
HR • Sudden death ... of diazepam • EMG ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in children
Stabilization Phase (Seizure 0-5 minutes):
 • Check and maintain ABC
Diazepam 0.2 mg/kg ... OR • IM Midazolam ... 0.2 mg/kg (max: ... seizure #Management #neurology ... #pediatrics #peds