Treatment of refractory status epilepticus with propofol: Clinical and pharmacokinetic findings

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-26

  Stecker, Mark M ^a   Kramer, Thomas H ^a,b   Raps, Eric C ^a   O'Meeghan, Rosemary ^a   Dulaney, Eugene ^a   Skaar, Debra J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Barbiturates; Propofol; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BARBITURATES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031883429     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01269.x     Document Type: Article

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