Seizures and anticonvulsants after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-256

  Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   D'Urso, Pietro Ivo ^a   Suarez, Jose ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Epileptiform; Non convulsive; Phenytoin; Seizure; Tonic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

BLEEDING; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLIP; COIL EMBOLIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL DETERIORATION; NON CONVULSIVE SEIZURE; ONSET SEIZURE; PERIODIC EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REBLEEDING; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ACUTE DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84855888189     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9584-x     Document Type: Review

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