A prolonged seizure or seizures repeated frequently enough to prevent recovery between episodes occurring over a period of 20-30 minutes. The most common subtype is generalized tonic-clonic status epilepticus, a potentially fatal condition associated with neuronal injury and respiratory and metabolic dysfunction. Nonconvulsive forms include petit mal status and complex partial status, which may manifest as behavioral disturbances. Simple partial status epilepticus consists of persistent motor, sensory, or autonomic seizures that do not impair cognition (see also EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA). Subclinical status epilepticus generally refers to seizures occurring in an unresponsive or comatose individual in the absence of overt signs of seizure activity. (From N Engl J Med 1998 Apr 2;338(14):970-6; Neurologia 1997 Dec;12 Suppl 6:25-30)

Descriptor ID	D013226
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.742.785 C23.888.592.742.785
Concept/Terms	Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus, Generalized Generalized Status Epilepticus Grand Mal Status Epilepticus Grand Mal Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus, Grand Mal Status Epilepticus, Generalized Convulsive Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus Non Convulsive Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus, Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus, Non Convulsive Status Epilepticus, Subclinical Status Epilepticus, Subclinical Subclinical Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus, Electrographic Electrographic Status Epilepticus Simple Partial Status Epilepticus Simple Partial Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus, Simple Partial Complex Partial Status Epilepticus Complex Partial Status Epilepticus Status Epilepticus, Complex Partial Petit Mal Status Petit Mal Status Status, Petit Mal Absence Status Status, Absence

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Status Epilepticus".

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