A seizure is an episode of neurologic dysfunction resulting in change in motor activity or sensory perception caused by abnormal firing of neurons. Seizures can be generalized, with abnormal activity in both hemispheres of the brain and a change in mental status, or partial, involving only certain parts of the brain.
Simple partial seizures cause no change in mental status, while complex partial seizures do result in some degree of altered consciousness. Status epilepticus is defined as 5 minutes of continuous seizing or two or more episodes of seizures without a return to baseline between episodes.1
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