Status epilepticus is a life-threatening emergency. However, there are different forms of status epilepticus: focal to bilateral tonic-clonic status epilepticus and focal status epilepticus. Focal status epilepticus may have prominent motor symptoms, often with impaired awareness, or may be nonconvulsive. The implications of this are important: the treatment of focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures requires immediate action.

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