Management of status epilepticus.

Status epilepticus (SE) is defined as a condition characterized by an epileptic seizure that is so frequently repeated or so prolonged as to create a fixed and lasting condition. Any type of epileptic seizure can develop into SE. Status epilepticus can be classified as generalized convulsive, non-convulsive and simple partial.

Analysis of 105 patients admitted over a 2-year period to a modern burns unit in Saudi Arabia.

This is an epidemiological survey of 105 burned patients treated between May 1986 and May 1988 in a modern Burns Unit in Saudi Arabia. Hospitalization time ranged from 1 to 100 days with a mean of 17 days. The mean age of the patients was 9 years.

Late endemic syphilis: case report of bejel with gummatous laryngitis.

An elderly Bedouin woman originally thought, on clinical and histological grounds, to have tuberculosis of the larynx was found to have gummatous laryngitis due to late endemic syphilis (bejel). This disease is highly prevalent in the Bedouin tribes of the Middle East. Doctors dealing with Arab patients, either in the Middle East or elsewhere, should be aware of this possibility.