A comparison of buccal midazolam and rectal diazepam for the acute treatment of seizures

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 771-776

  Baysun, Şahika ^a   Aydin, Ömer Faruk ^a,b   Atmaca, Emel ^a   Yavuz Gurer Y K ^a  

^a DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM DESITIN; GABAPENTIN; MIDAZOLAM; MIDAZOLAM MALEATE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRADYPNEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADMINISTRATION, BUCCAL; ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; SEIZURES;

EID: 28844496267     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400904     Document Type: Article

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