Perioperative seizure incidence and risk factors in 223 pediatric brain tumor patients without prior seizures: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-615

  Hardesty, Douglas A ^a,b   Sanborn, Matthew R ^a,b   Parker, Whitney E ^a,b   Storm, Phillip B ^a,b  

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

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Brain tumor; Epilepsy; Oncology; Seizure

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CEREBRAL SALT WASTING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958069721     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.3.PEDS1120     Document Type: Article

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