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Posted 2/7/2020 by Deborah Stein

Benzodiazepine-Refractory Status Epilepticus – Which Drug is Second-Line?

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, was among the discussants in the December 27 episode of the Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine podcast, “Benzodiazepine-Refractory Status Epilepticus – Which Drug is Second-Line?” (full audio available with paid subscription). In this episode, the doctors discussed Kapur et al.’s recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, “Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus” (abstract available).