Detection and treatment of refractory status epilepticus in the intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Drislane, Frank W ^a,d   Lopez, Maria R ^b   Blum, Andrew S ^c   Schomer, Donald L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; EEG; Intensive care unit (ICU); Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANOXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BOSTON; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55249110276     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31817be70e     Document Type: Review

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