Consequences of Inappropriate ER Management of Status Epilepticus

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-11-8

Consequences of Inappropriate ER Management of Status Epilepticus

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 18 (2004): Issue 11

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Nov 2004

Abstract

The clinical features of status epilepticus (SE) requiring admission to pediatric intensive care (PTC) and the emergency pre-PIC treatment of SE compared to standard guidelines were studied in relation to the course of SE after admission to PIC at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-11-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 88 - 88

Published on: Nov 1, 2004

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Status Epilepticus,

Benzodiazepine,

Neurodegenerative Disease

© 2004 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 18 (2004): Issue 11