Anticonvulsants for preventing mortality and morbidity in full term newborns with perinatal asphyxia

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Evans, David J ^a   Levene, M I ^b   Tsakmakis, M ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants *therapeutic use ; Asphyxia neonatorum *drug therapy; mortality ; Humans; Infant, newborn; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Seizures mortality; *prevention control

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOPENTAL;

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 43649089599     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001240.pub2     Document Type: Review

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