TY - JOUR T1 - Treatment of status epilepticus in children JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 895 LP - 898 VL - 23 IS - 8 AU - Enrique Chaves-Carballo AU - Avedis K. Kalloghlian Y1 - 2002/08/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/23/8/895.abstract N2 - Status epilepticus is a medical emergency that requires prompt recognition and urgent treatment. Successful management of status epilepticus in children depends upon implementation of a treatment protocol modified according to current practices as well as availability of antiepileptic medications, out of hospital emergency services and intensive-care facilities. We propose a treatment protocol for status epilepticus in children in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ER -