Question

A 54-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department with continuous generalised tonic-clonic seizures lasting more than 5 minutes. What is the most appropriate first-line pharmacological treatment?

Accepted Answer

Intravenous diazepam or midazolam

Answer

Intravenous phenytoin

Answer

Oral carbamazepine

Answer

Intravenous propofol as sole first-line therapy

Answer

No treatment until 30 minutes have passed

Practice question

A 54-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department with continuous generalised tonic-clonic seizures lasting more than 5 minutes. What is the most appropriate first-line pharmacological treatment?