Reversible Coma Secondary to Cefepime Neurotoxicity

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 606-608

  Abanades, Sergio ^a   Nolla, Juan ^b,c   Rodríguez Campello, Ana ^b   Pedro, Carme ^b   Valls, Antonio ^b   Farré, Magí ^a,d  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cefepime; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CLONAZEPAM; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; IDARUBICIN; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UREMIA;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; COMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 1542429707     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D322     Document Type: Article

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