Treatment of pediatric status epilepticus

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 560-573

  Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a   Goodkin, Howard P ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450 2C9; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HARKOSERIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PROPOFOL; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

AGITATION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ATAXIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KETOGENIC DIET; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MYOCLONUS; MYOPIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PORPHYRIA; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; PURPLE GLOVE SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 81255149220     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: 15343138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-011-0148-3     Document Type: Article

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