Role of intravenous levetiracetam for acute seizure management in preterm neonates

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 340-343

  Khan, Owais ^a   Cipriani, Cheryl ^a   Wright, Chanin ^a   Crisp, Edwin ^a   Kirmani, Batool ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

levetiracetam; neonatal; neonates; preterm; seizure management; seizures; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

LEVETIRACETAM; NEONATAL; NEONATES; PRETERM; SEIZURE MANAGEMENT; SEIZURES; TREATMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PIRACETAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84886719001     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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