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A 28-year-old male is brought to the emergency department experiencing continuous generalized tonic-clonic seizures for 10 minutes. He has no known history of epilepsy. After securing his airway and initiating oxygen, what is the most appropriate first-line pharmacologic treatment?

A Intravenous phenytoin.
B Intravenous valproic acid.
C Intravenous lorazepam.
D Intravenous propofol.

✓ Correct Answer: Option C

Intravenous benzodiazepines, such as lorazepam, are the first-line treatment for generalized convulsive status epilepticus due to their rapid onset of action in terminating seizures.

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