A comparison of buccal midazolam and intravenous diazepam for the acute treatment of seizures in children

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-308

  Tonekaboni, Seyed Hassan ^a,b   Shamsabadi, Farhad Mahvelati ^a,b   Anvari, Seyed Saeed ^a,b   Mazrooei, Ali ^a   Ghofrani, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Buccal drug administration; Childhood; Diazepam; Intravenous injections; Midazolam; Seizure

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; EPISTATUS; MIDAZOLAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AGITATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SAFETY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84867845042     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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