The prevalence of seizures in comatose children in the pediatric intensive care unit: A prospective video-EEG study

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1198-1204

  Shahwan, Amre ^a,b   Bailey, Catherine ^a   Shekerdemian, Lara ^a,b,c   Harvey, A Simon ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pediatric intensive care unit; Seizures; Video electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77954490761     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02517.x     Document Type: Article

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