A comparison of four treatments for generalized convulsive status epilepticus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 792-798

  Treiman, David M ^a,e,n   Meyers, Patti D ^a   Walton, Nancy Y ^a,e   Collins, Joseph F ^l   Colling, Cindy ^m   Rowan, A James ^a,f   Handforth, Adrian ^a   Faught, Edward ^b,g   Calabrese, Vincent P ^a,h   Uthman, Basim M ^a,i   Ramsay, R Eugene ^c,j   Mamdani, Meenal B ^d,k   Yagnik, Pratap ^a   Jones, John C ^o   Barry, Elizabeth ^p   Boggs, Jane G ^a   Kanner, Andres M ^o  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hines Vet Aftairs Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^l Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program   (United States)

^m Vet Aff Coop Studs Prog C   (United States)

ⁿ ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032541616     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809173391202     Document Type: Article

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