La relevancia de los tiempos en la atención médica al estatus epiléptico y su impacto sociosanitarioeducación en salud y evaluación funcional del paciente con epilepsia

Abstract

It is estimated that between 1% and 1.5% of the world's population suffers from epilepsy, a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and the neurobiological, cognitive and psychosocial consequences that it entails. Status epilepticus is a clinical presentation of epilepsy that consists of one seizure that is prolonged over time, or two or more seizures without full recovery of the patient in between. The timepoint at which an abnormally prolonged seizure is considered status epilepticus has been shortened in recent decades. The International League Against Epilepsy initially set it at 30minutes, while recently it has been shortened to 5 minutes, as there is growing evidence that prolonged seizures are more resistant to treatment and have worse prognosis. However, further research is needed to establish the precise relationship between the two variables...