How I treat status epilepticus in the Neuro-ICU

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-157

  Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuro ICU; Status epilepticus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DESMOPRESSIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALGORITHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 54449099514     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9052-4     Document Type: Article

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