Controversies in neonatal seizure management

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 591-599

  Glass, Hannah C ^a   Wirrell, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Infant; Newborn; Seizures; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIKE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 65549114605     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808327832     Document Type: Article

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