Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, established under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956, is ranked 70th among the universities in India by NIRF, Graded ‘A’ by MHRD and NAAC. It is an off shoot of Nitte Education trust, founded in 1979 by Late Justice K. S. Hegde, former speaker of Loka Sabha, a legal luminary and a committed Philanthropist.
There are three treatment options commonly used by doctors in the emergency room to treat patients with refractory status epilepticus, severe seizures that continue even after benzodiazepine medications, which are effective in controlling seizures in more than two-thirds of patients. New findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveal that the three drugs, levetiracetam, fosphenytoin, and valproate, are equally safe and effective in treating patients with this condition. The study was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health.