Burst suppression on amplitude-integrated electroencephalogram may be induced by midazolam: A report on three cases

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 559-563

  Ter Horst, H J ^a   Brouwer, O F ^b   Bos, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amplitude integrated EEG; Burst suppression; Midazolam; Newborn infants

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842687810     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410022882     Document Type: Article

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