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hours). In the elderly, doses should be lower. It is available as 20 ml ampoules containing 10
mg/ml as an emulsion.
Further reading
LOWENSTEIN DH and ALLDREDGE BK (1998) Status epilepticus. N Engl J Med 338, 970-976.
SHORVON SD (1994) Status Epilepticus: Its Clinical Features and Treatment in Children and Adults. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.
WALKER MC and SHORVON SD (2009) Emergency Treatment of Seizures and Status Epilepticus. In: Treatment of
Epilepsy, 3rdEdition (Eds SD Shorvon et al). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
