A randomized controlled trial of phenobarbital in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 391-395

  Singh, Daljit ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Narang, Anil ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Newborn; Outcome; Phenobarbital

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOBARBITAL; SEIZURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344486556     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13895260500327979     Document Type: Article

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