Pediatric Status Epilepticus Takes Heavy Toll

Pediatric status epilepticus (SE) is an expensive disorder and is not uncommon in this patient population, according to a recent review of the medical literature.

• Gurcharran et al note that pediatric SE occurs in about 20per 100,000 children each year.
• The disorder carries a mortality of 3%.
• The most common risk factor for morbidity and death is symptomatic etiology, with acute presentation more common than remote.
• A single episode of status epilepticus costs more than $10,000 to manage and can reach more than $100,000 in children with refractory disease.
• The most common cause of the condition is febrile SE, which usually occurs in early childhood.

Gurcharran K, Grinspan ZM. The burden of pediatric status epilepticus: epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality. [Published online ahead of print August 29, 2018] Seizure. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2018.08.021.

Pediatric status epilepticus (SE) is an expensive disorder and is not uncommon in this patient population, according to a recent review of the medical literature.

• Gurcharran et al note that pediatric SE occurs in about 20per 100,000 children each year.
• The disorder carries a mortality of 3%.
• The most common risk factor for morbidity and death is symptomatic etiology, with acute presentation more common than remote.
• A single episode of status epilepticus costs more than $10,000 to manage and can reach more than $100,000 in children with refractory disease.
• The most common cause of the condition is febrile SE, which usually occurs in early childhood.

Gurcharran K, Grinspan ZM. The burden of pediatric status epilepticus: epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality. [Published online ahead of print August 29, 2018] Seizure. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2018.08.021.

Pediatric status epilepticus (SE) is an expensive disorder and is not uncommon in this patient population, according to a recent review of the medical literature.

• Gurcharran et al note that pediatric SE occurs in about 20per 100,000 children each year.
• The disorder carries a mortality of 3%.
• The most common risk factor for morbidity and death is symptomatic etiology, with acute presentation more common than remote.
• A single episode of status epilepticus costs more than $10,000 to manage and can reach more than $100,000 in children with refractory disease.
• The most common cause of the condition is febrile SE, which usually occurs in early childhood.

Gurcharran K, Grinspan ZM. The burden of pediatric status epilepticus: epidemiology, morbidity, and mortality. [Published online ahead of print August 29, 2018] Seizure. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2018.08.021.