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Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that elderly people are markedly more prone to status epilepticus (SE), with higher associated mortality, than are younger adults [1–6]. As the global population is rapidly aging, SE in the elderly is becoming increasingly common, particularly in developed countries. The majority of recent studies on SE in the elderly have focused only on cohorts of elderly patients [7–11]; only two recent studies have directly compared elderly and younger patients with SE in order to identify the clinical characteristics and outcomes of SE in the elderly [12,13].