Toxic seizures in children: Case scenarios and treatment strategies

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-210

  Shannon, Michael ^c   McElroy, Erica Anderson ^a   Liebelt, Erica L ^b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Glutamate; Seizures; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 METHOXYPYRIDOXINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADRENALIN; AMOXAPINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BEN GAY CHILDREN'S RUB; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHOR; CHEMICAL AGENT; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEET; ISONIAZID; LINDANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRALIDOXIME; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VAPORUB;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN TOXICITY; CAMPHO PHENIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCABIES; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CAMPHOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCAINE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; ISONIAZID; LINDANE; MALE; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDINES; SEEDS; SEIZURES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0038376286     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200306000-00017     Document Type: Review

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