Treatment of convulsive status epilepticus with propofol: Case report

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 420-422

  Harrison, A Marc ^a,c   Lugo, Ralph A ^b   Schunk, Jeff E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug induced coma; EEG monitoring; Pediatric; Propofol; Seizure; Status epilepticus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIET; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEREDITARY FRUCTOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PROPOFOL; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0031441633     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199712000-00019     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Tasker RC, Dean JM. Status epilepticus. In: Roger's textbook Of pediatric intensive care, 2nd Ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1992; 763-764.
2. Working Group on Status Epilepticus. Treatment of convulsive status epilepticus. JAMA 1993;270:854-859.
3. Segelon JE, Haun SE. Status epilepticus in children. Pediatr Ann 1996;25:380-386.
4. Dunn DW. Status epilepticus in infancy and childhood. Neurol Clin 1990;8:647.
5. Aicardi J, Chevrie JJ. Convulsive status epilepticus in infants and children: A study of 239 cases. Epilepsia 1970;11:187-197.
6. Maytal J, Shinnar S, Moshe SL, et al. Low morbidity and mortality of status epilepticus in children. Pediatrics 1989;83:323-331.
7. Simon RP. Physiologic consequences of status epilepticus. Epilepsia 1985;26(suppl):S58.
8. Meldrum BS, Nison B. Cerebral blood flow and metabolic rate early and late in prolonged epileptic seizures induced in rats by bicuculline. Brain 1976;99:523.
9. Wasterlain CG, Fujikawa DG, Penix L, et al. Pathophysiological mechanisms of brain damage from status epilepticus. Epilepsia 1995; 34(suppl):S37-53.
10. Corsellis JAN, Bruton CJ. Neuropathology of status epilepticus in adults. Adv Neurol 1983;34:129.
11. Smith I, White PF, Nathanson M, et al. Propofol: an update on its clinical use. Anesthesiology 1994;81:1005-1043.
12. Sutherland MJ, Burt P. Propofol and seizures. Anaesth Intensive Care 1994;22:733-737.
13. Bevan JC. Propofol-related convulsions. Can J Anaesth 1993;40: 805-809.
14. Hartung J, Ying H, Weinberger J, et al. Propofol prevents or elevates the threshold for lidocaine-induced seizure in rats. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 1994;6:254-259.
15. Heavner JE, Arthur J, Zou J, et al. Comparison of propofol with thiopentone for treatment of bupivicaine-induced seizures in rats. Br J Anaesth 1993;71:715-719.
16. al-Hader A, Hason M, Hason Z. The comparative effects of propofol, thiopental, and diazepam administered intravenously on pentylenetetrazol seizure threshold in the rabbit. Life Sci 1992;51:779-786.
17. Kuisma M, Roine RO. Propofol in prehospital treatment of convulsive status epilepticus. Epilepsia 1995;36:1241-1243.
18. Borgeat A, Wilder-Smith OHG, Jallon P, et al. Propofol in the management of refractory status epilepticus: A case report. Intensive Care Med 1994;20:148-149.
19. Merigan KS, Browning RG, Leeper KV. Successful treatment of amoxapine-induced refractory status epilepticus with propofol (Diprivan). Acad Emerg Med 1995;2:128-133.
20. Pitt-Miller PL, Elcock BJ, Maharaj M. The management of status epilepticus with a continuous propofol infusion. Anaesth Analg 1994; 78:1193-1194.
21. Hannallah RS, Baker SB, Casey W, et al. Propofol: Effective dose and induction characteristics in unpremedicated children. Anesthesiology 1991;74:217-219.