First-line therapy for theophylline-associated seizures

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 115, Issue SUPPL.186, 2007, Pages 57-61

  Yoshikawa, H ^a  

^a MIYAGI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barbiturates; Diazepam; Midazolam; Status epilepticus; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; THEOPHYLLINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INTERACTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPTIC STATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TIME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PYRONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; THEOPHYLLINE; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; BARBITURATES; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MICE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847726335     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00810.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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