Experience in managing refractory status epilepticus caused by viral encephalitis under long-term anesthesia with barbiturate: A case report

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 474-477

  Ohori, Nobuhira ^a,b   Fujioka, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohta, Michiya ^a  

^a ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shimonoseki Kosei Hospital

Author keywords

Barbiturate; Refractory epilepsy; Secobarbital; Status epilepticus; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SECOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ISOXAZOLES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SECOBARBITAL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031763142     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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