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{{#ask: [[Is DrugClass::Benzodiazepine]] | ?SeizureDose=Dose | ?BrandName=Trade Name}}
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Timeline'''
 
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''General Considerations'''
[[Scarlet_fever_1.2.jpg|thumb|"Slapped cheeks" and "white mustache" (circumoral pallor) typical of scarlet fever.]]
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Seizure Treatment'''
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0-5 minutes
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*Supportive care
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*Check blood glucose
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*Establish IV/IO access
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*Acetaminophen 15 mg/kg rectally if fever"||
*'''Benzodiazepine: first dose'''
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**IV/IO access establised
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***Lorazepam 0.1 mg/kg IV or IO (max = 4 mg), OR
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***Diazepam 0.2 mg/kg IV or IO, (max = 8 mg)
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| **IV or IO access not achieved within 3 minutes:
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| ***Buccal midazolam 0.2 mg/kg (max = 10 mg), OR
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| **IM midazolam 0.1 to 0.2 mg/kg (max = 10 mg), OR
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| **Rectal diazepam (Diastat gel or injection solution given rectally) 0.5 mg/kg (max = 20 mg)"
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| 5-10 minutes||*Give antibiotics if signs of sepsis or meningitis||*'''Benzodiazepine: second dose'''
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| 10-15 minutes||||"*'''Antiepileptic: first therapy'''
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| *Levetiracetam 40 mg/kg IV or IO, OR
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| *Fosphenytoin¶ 20 mg PE per kg IV or IO§, OR
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| *Valproate  20 to 40 mg/kg IV or IO, OR
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| *Phenobarbital 20 mg/kg IV or IO, maximum 1 g, (expect respiratory depression with apnea)¥"
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| 15-30 minutes||"*Obtain pediatric neurology consultation
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| ** In patients with ongoing seizure activity despite two initial doses of benzodiazepine and a second-therapy antiseizure drug, preparation for a continuous infusion of midazolam, propofol, or pentobarbital should occur simultaneously with administration of a third-therapy antiseizure drug."||"*'''Antiepileptic: second therapy'''
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| **Fosphenytoin¶ (if not already given) 20 mg PE per kg IV or IO◊, OR
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| **Valproate (if not already given) 20 to 40 mg/kg IV or IO, OR
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| **Phenobarbital (if not already given) 20 mg/kg IV or IO, maximum 1 g (10 mg/kg if phenobarbital already given)¥, OR
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| **Levetiracetam (if not already given) 40 mg/kg IV or IO,
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| *Consider pyridoxine if INH poisoning suspected
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| **Infants (<1 year): 100 mg IV or IO in
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| **Otherwise 70 mg/kg IV or IO (max = 5 g)"
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