Resumen de Lorazepam vs Diazepam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus

James M. Chamberlain, Pamela Okada, Maija Holsti, Prashant Mahajan

• Importance Benzodiazepines are considered first-line therapy for pediatric status epilepticus. Some studies suggest that lorazepam may be more effective or safer than diazepam, but lorazepam is not Food and Drug Administration approved for this indication.

  Objective To test the hypothesis that lorazepam has better efficacy and safety than diazepam for treating pediatric status epilepticus.