Emergency management of the paediatric patient with generalized convulsive status epilepticus

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-97

  Friedman, J N ^a   Cheng, Adam ^b   Farrell, Catherine ^c   Friedman, Jeremy N ^d   Gauthier, Marie ^c   Mikrogianakis, Angelo ^e   Ortiz Alvarez, Oliva ^f  

^a CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f St Martha's Regional Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Emergency management; Paediatrics; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; PYRIDOXINE; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; APPLICATION SITE DISCOLORATION; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRADYCARDIA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFANT DISEASE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS IRRITATION; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053969711     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/16.2.91     Document Type: Review

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