Emergency Management (Diagnosis and Treatment) of Seizures in Children beyond the Neonatal Period

Adolopment

Adoption-Adaptation-Development

AED

Anti-epileptic Drug

AGREE II

Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation Instrument

CNS

Central Nervous System

CPG

Clinical Practice Guideline

CPK

Creatine Phosphokinase

CSE

Convulsive Status Epilepticus

CT

Computed Tomography

DHS

Demographic and Health Survey

ED

Emergency Department

EEG

Electroencephalogram

ER

Emergency Room

EPG

Egyptian Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee

EPG CPG

EPG Clinical Practice Guideline

ERG

External Review Group

FIRES

Febrile-illness Related Epilepsy Syndrome

GAG

Guideline Adaptation Group

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GPS

Good Practice Statement

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

GTC

Generalized Tonic-Clonic

ILAE

International League Against Epilepsy

IM

Intra-muscular

LP

Lumbar Puncture

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

NCSE

Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus

NORSE

New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus

NPCPGC

National Pediatric Clinical Practice Guideline Committee

PICO

population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes

 PICU

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Patient population, intervention, professionals, outcomes, and healthcare context

RIGHT

A Reporting Tool for Practice Guidelines in Health Care

PNES

Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures

SE

Status Epilepticus

SUDEP

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

WHO

World Health Organization