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Abstract Background & objectives: Status epilepticus (SE) is one of the most dreadful neurological emergencies, with high morbidity & mortality. However, Egyptian studies targeting that topic are few. The aim of the current study is to describe demographic& clinical characteristic of patients with SE attendingKasr-Alainy University Hospitals& to determine the relation of these factors to the need for continuous IV anesthetic drug infusion (CIVAD) & outcome on discharge. Methods: A prospectiveobservational study was conductedover 18 months during 2017-2018, involving 144 episodes of SE in 144 patients, of them 54.9% were males,with mean age of 39.3 ± 19.5 years.Patients were subjected to clinical assessment, laboratory investigations, brain imaging & EEG. They were followed with documentation of outcome on discharge as survival versus death |