Refractory status epilepticus What to put down: The anesthetics or the patient?

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 650-651

  Fountain, Nathan B ^a   Fugate, Jennifer E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION;

ANESTHETICS; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84895812626     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000008     Document Type: Editorial

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