Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Describe the pathophysiology, etiology, and current status epilepticus treatment recommendations
2. Evaluate new evidence regarding the safety/efficacy of second-line anti-epileptic drugs (AED’s) in benzodiazepine-resistant status epilepticus
3. Apply current guidelines and new evidence to patient cases

Faculty

Matthew Murphy, PharmD
PGY1 Pharmacy Resident
Pharmacist
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.