Prognostic utility of duration in refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-

  Fernández Torre, José L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMATOSE PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEDATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEEP SEDATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENTOBARBITAL; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649146271     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02296.x     Document Type: Letter

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