Therapeutic hypothermia for febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome in two patients

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 448-450

  Lin, Jainn Jim ^a,b,c   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a,c   Hsia, Shao Hsuan ^a,b   Wang, Huei Shyong ^a,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; MIDAZOLAM; OSELTAMIVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DECORTICATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE INFECTION RELATED EPILEPSY SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPERATURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868576220     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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