Cefepime: An underrecognized cause of nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lichaa, Hady ^a   Rachoin, Jean Sebastien ^a   Cerceo, Elizabeth ^b   Rajput, Vijay ^a   Surkis, William ^c  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cefepime; Chronic renal failure; Non convulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CEFEPIME;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REHABILITATION CENTER; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 77950545235     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.408     Document Type: Article

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