Confusion and SIRPIDs regress with parenteral lorazepam

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-294

  Kaplan, Peter W ^a   Duckworth, Josh ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confusion; Periodic discharges; SIRPIDs; Status epilepticus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; APHASIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; STIMULUS INDUCED RHYTHMIC PERIODIC OR ICTAL DISCHARGE; THETA RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84856370286     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0463     Document Type: Review

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