Refractory status epilepticus in suspect encephalitis

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-82

  Glaser, Carol A ^a   Gilliam, Sabrina ^a   Honarmand, Somayeh ^a   Tureen, Jay H ^b   Lowenstein, Daniel H ^b   Anderson, Larry J ^c   Bollen, Andrew W ^d   Solbrig, Marylou V ^e  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic coma; California Encephalitis Project; Encephalitis; Malignant status epilepticus; Pentobarbital; Phenobarbital; Refractory seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 54449091481     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-9042-y     Document Type: Article

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