Midazolam coma for refractory status epilepticus in children

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1982-1985

  Igartua, Jon ^a   Silver, Peter ^a   Maytal, Joseph ^a   Sagy, Mayer ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst suppression; Coma; Midazolam; Refractory status epilepticus; Video electroencephalogram

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDAZOLAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032880292     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199909000-00043     Document Type: Article

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