Use of ketamine in a newborn with refractory status epilepticus: A case report

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-156

  Tarocco, Anna ^a   Ballardini, Elisa ^a   Garani, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cortical malformations; ketamine; newborn; refractory status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGYRIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROGYRIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PIERRE ROBIN SYNDROME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETAMINE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84902509346     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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