Emergencias
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This consensus statement was developed to optimize the emergency management of epileptic seizures in prehospital and hospital settings. A list of clinical questions was drafted and the literature on the emergency treatment of epileptic seizures was reviewed by a multidisciplinary team of emergency physicians, neurologists, and pediatric neurologists from 3 associations: the Spanish Epilepsy Society (SEEP), the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES), and the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN). ⋯ The recommendations and protocols proposed attempt to standardize the emergency management epileptic seizures. Earlier concepts and definitions are reviewed, a new definition of an epileptic seizure emergency is proposed, treatment options are described for different clinical scenarios, and a crisis code for seizures is also set out.