Review article: Convulsive and non-convulsive status epilepticus: An emergency medicine perspective

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 352-366

  Shah, Amish M ^a   Vashi, Anita ^a   Jagoda, Andy ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Management; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZONATATE; CITALOPRAM; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIAZEPAM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HYDRALAZINE; ISONIAZID; LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENCYCLIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACIDOSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ECLAMPSIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERALIZED CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE IRRITATION; INJECTION SITE PHLEBITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONCONONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 70350106598     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01212.x     Document Type: Review

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