Status epilepticus arising de novo in hospitalized patients: An analysis of 41 patients

Seizure

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 116-119

  Delanty, N ^a   French, J A ^b   Labar, D R ^c   Pedley, T A ^c   Rowan, A J ^c  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

In hospital status epilepticus; Symptomatic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0035015527     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2000.0482     Document Type: Article

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