Benzodiazepine overtreatment in status epilepticus is related to higher need of intubation and longer hospitalization

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Spatola, Marianna ^a   Alvarez, Vincent ^a   Rossetti, Andrea O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hospitalization length; Morbidity; Mortality; Outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

HOSPITALIZATION LENGTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84881178575     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12235     Document Type: Article

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