Controlling seizures in the prehospital setting: Diazepam or midazolam?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 582-586

  Rainbow, J ^a   Browne, G J ^a   Lam, L T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Diazepam; Efficacy; Midazolam; Prehospital; Seizure

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM;

APNEA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036436283     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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