Treatment adherence and outcomes in the management of convulsive status epilepticus in the emergency room

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-50

  Muayqil, Taim ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Ahmed, S Nizam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Management; Protocol; Sequence; Status epilepticus; Time frame

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947137281     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0069     Document Type: Article

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