Seizures in 204 comatose children: Incidence and outcome

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 853-862

  Kirkham, Fenella J ^a,b   Wade, Angela M ^a   McElduff, Fiona ^a   Boyd, Stewart G ^c   Tasker, Robert C ^d,e   Edwards, Melinda ^f   Neville, Brian G R ^g   Peshu, Norbert ^f   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Neurophysiology Department   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Child Outcome; Coma; Seizures Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PANCURONIUM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMATOSE PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SURVIVOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84862556838     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2529-9     Document Type: Article

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