Pharmacological treatment of neonatal seizures: A systematic review

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-364

  Slaughter, Laurel A ^a,b   Patel, Anup D ^a,b   Slaughter, Jonathan L ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; levetiracetam; lidocaine; lorazepam; midazolam; neonatal seizures; paraldehyde; phenobarbital; phenytoin; thiopental

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIOPENTAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFANTILE SPASM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; IRRITABILITY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; NEWBORN MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873639619     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812470734     Document Type: Article

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