Patients who have seizures may receive faster and more effective treatment because of a collaboration between the UA and the National Institutes of Health. Seventeen emergency medical centers and 33 ...

When a person is experiencing a prolonged convulsive seizure, quick medical intervention is critical. With every passing minute, the seizure becomes harder to stop, and can place the patient at risk ...

Status epilepticus is a medical emergency associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is defined as "a single epileptic seizure of >30-min duration or a series of epileptic seizures during ...

A better, safer emergency treatment for potentially fatal seizure victims has been found, according to a federal study that involved the University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center and ...

An intramuscular injection delivers medication into a muscle. Doctors frequently use intramuscular injections to administer vaccines and certain other drugs. Injection sites include the upper arm, hip ...

Most people know the feeling of getting a shot and having your arm feel sore for several days afterward. Some might even expect it as a side effect. The soreness happens when medications are injected ...

DETROIT – Drug delivery directly into muscle using an autoinjector is faster and may be more effective in stopping prolonged seizures, according to a study sponsored by the National Institutes of ...

Imagine a moment with me. You’re sitting at home on a Saturday morning drinking your coffee while your child is watching some TV. Suddenly, they begin having a seizure. You call 911, and the ambulance ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sublingual delivery of epinephrine achieved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results that were comparable ...