Table 2.

Comparison of clinical characteristics between status epilepticus (SE) and refractory status epilepticus (RSE) groups

	ESE (n=11)	RSE (n=21)	p-value
Male	9 (47.4)	10 (52.6)	0.066
Age [yr, median (range)]	35 (16–80)	27 (16–81)	0.611
Hypotension	1 (9.1)	17 (81.0)	0.000
Acidosis	5 (45.5)	9 (42.9)	0.298
Cardiac change	2 (18.2)	5 (23.8)	0.544
Rhabdomyolysis	5 (45.5)	10 (47.6)	0.500
Hepatic change	2 (18.2)	9 (42.9)	0.158
Lipid change	0 (0.0)	6 (28.6)	0.017
Death	1 (9.1)	8 (38.1)	0.090
Arrhythmia	1 (9.1)	6 (28.6)	0.212
Renal change	3 (30.0)	5 (23.8)	0.575
Previous epilepsy	6 (54.5)	4 (19.0)	0.050
Number of AED, median (range)	4 (1–7)	5 (1–8)	0.628

^*AED; antiepileptic drug, numbers in the parentheses are percentile or range.