Article
Stage 1 Plus: A phenotype-based framework for rational polytherapy in status epilepticus.
Epilepsia - 1 Sept 2026
Magro Giuseppe
Abstract excerpt
Current guidelines for status epilepticus (SE) prioritize treatment with a benzodiazepine (BDZ), followed, if seizures continue, by sequential stepwise therapy. Yet this pragmatic framework does not fully capture the biological heterogeneity apparent at first clinical evaluation. Some patients are treatment-naive but may already be at increased risk of early BDZ failure, because duration, semiology, etiology, or...
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- Status Epilepticus
- Humans
- Anticonvulsants
- Phenotype
- Benzodiazepines
- Drug Therapy, Combination
