Antiepileptic drug utilisation and seizure outcome among paediatric patients in a Malaysian public hospital

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Hasan, S S ^a   Bahari, M B ^a   Babar, Z U ^a   Ganesan, V ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Benzodiazepine; Drug utilisation; Generalised seizure; Monotherapy; Partial seizure; Polytherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950456773     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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