Assessment of benzodiazepine dosing in status epilepticus patients in the emergency department
BZD underdosing in SE management remains widespread, with only 17% of patients receiving guideline-adherent initial doses. Although our study did not demonstrate significant differences in clinical outcomes based on dosing adequacy, implementation of institution-specific protocols and focused educational initiatives on weight-based BZD administration may improve guideline adherence in SE management.
Authors
- Nora A. Kalagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4051-4121)
- Ghadah Asaad Assiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-5704)
- Raniah Aljadeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9250-9848)
- Haya Mohammed Almalag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8531-556X)
- Rana Aljadeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4701-6061)
- Huda Alewairdhi
- Amenah Alkaf
- Daad Alhajlbrahim
Institutions
- King Saud University (SA)
- Hikma Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neurology
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1645435
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00