2. Time elapsed.

	Lorazepam lV	Diazepam‐phenytoin IV	Diazepam IV	Paraldehyde IM	Valproate IV	Levetiracetam IV	Midazolam IV infusion	Midazolam IM
Time since onset of status to administration of drug (min)			30 (10‐441) (Mehta 2007)	120 (35.5‐252) (Ahmad 2006)	30 (5.5‐147) (Mehta 2007)
			31.3 (16.8‐45.8) (Alldredge 2001)
Time since administration of drug to seizure cessation (min)	0.3 (0.25‐0.38) (Sreenath 2010)	0.3 (0.255‐0.4) (Sreenath 2010)	15.8 (2.8‐28.8) (Singhi 2002) (for RSE)	8 (5‐21) (Ahmad 2006)	‐	‐	15.9 (6.3‐25.5) (Singhi 2002) (for RSE)	3.3 (Silbergleit 2012)
	7.5 (4.5‐11.5) (Ahmad 2006)
	1.6 (Silbergleit 2012)

IM: intramuscular injection
 IV: administered intravenously
 RSE: refractory status epilepticus