Withdrawal of parenteral phenobarbitone - Implications for resource-poor countries

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 422-423

  Wilmshurst, Jo M ^a   van Toorn, Ronald ^b   Newton, C R J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; THIOPENTAL;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE REACTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEIZURE; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHENOBARBITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 20744433372     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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