Lesson of the week: Secondary drowning in a patient with epilepsy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7544, 2006, Pages 775-776

  Milne, Stephanie ^a   Cohen, Andrew ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; CARBAMAZEPINE; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DROWNING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY DROWNING; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; INTENSIVE CARE; NEAR DROWNING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NEAR DROWNING; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 33645558107     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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