Eligibility criteria
status epilepticus, seizures, convulsive seizure
STATUS EPILEPTICUS
Adult patients were eligible if admitted to the ICU for GCSE, defined by 5 min or more of continuous or recurrent generalised convulsive seizure without recovery of consciousness between seizures [Main exclusion criteria were non-convulsive status epilepticus clinically characterised by altered mental status but with no motor symptoms at any time during the course of status epilepticus [All patients admitted for GCSE in one of the participating ICUs were screened for eligibility by the ICU physicians and reasons for non-randomisation were collected.