Status epilepticus refers to:

a. a severe seizure that cannot be stopped with diazepam.
b. two or more seizures without a period of consciousness between them.
c. a very mild type of seizure that is caused by fever.
d. a type of grand mal seizure produced by hypoglycemia.


b

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