Use of pregabalin for nonconvulsive seizures and nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-118

  Swisher, Christa B ^a   Doreswamy, Meghana ^a   Husain, Aatif M ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; EEG; Nonconvulsive seizures; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PREGABALIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLEEDING; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NONCONVULSIVE SEIZURE; NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84873409052     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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