Baclofen intoxication: A "fun drug" causing deep coma and nonconvulsive status epilepticus-a case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1541-1547

  Weißhaar, Guido F ^a   Hoemberg, Marc ^a   Bender, Katja ^b   Bangen, Ursula ^a   Herkenrath, Peter ^a   Eifinger, Frank ^a   Rothschild, Markus ^b   Roth, Bernhard ^a   Oberthuer, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coma . Drug abuse . Baclofen . Nonconvulsive status epilepticus . Sinus bradycardia

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; BACKACHE; BRADYPNEA; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP COMA; DIARRHEA; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACLOFEN; BRADYCARDIA; COMA; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84867580441     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-012-1780-y     Document Type: Review

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