Status epilepticus in children

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-144

  Singh, Rani K ^a   Gaillard, William D ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRADYCARDIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; IRRITABILITY; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; TREMOR; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 62649109378     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-009-0022-9     Document Type: Review

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