Randomized study of intravenous valproate and phenytoin in status epilepticus

Seizure

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-532

  Agarwal, Puneet ^a   Kumar, Navneet ^a   Chandra, Rakesh ^a   Gupta, Gaurav ^a   Antony, Arun Raj ^a   Garg, Niren ^a  

^a GSVM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine refractory status epilepticus; Intravenous phenytoin; Intravenous valproate; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ENCORATE; PHENYTOIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PHENYTOIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 34547699419     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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