Lorazepam vs Diazepam for Status Epilepticus

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-1

Lorazepam vs Diazepam for Status Epilepticus

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 6

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jun 2014

Abstract

Investigators at the Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, and ten additional US centers in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), conducted a double-blind, randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy and safety of lorazepam and diazepam in the treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus (SE) in children aged 3 months to younger than 18 years.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 41 - 42

Published on: Jun 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network,

Status Epilepticus,

Endotracheal Intubation

© 2014 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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