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Anesthetic Barbiturates in Refractory Status Epilepticus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

G.B. Young ,
W.T. Blume ,
C.F. Bolton  and
K.G. Warren
G.B. Young*
Affiliation:
University of Saskatchewan
W.T. Blume
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
C.F. Bolton
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
K.G. Warren
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
*
University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X0 Canada
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Two patients with previous cerebral damage and seizures and three patients with acute inflammatory cerebral lesions developed status epilepticus. They were unresponsive to standard anticonvulsants, but anesthetic barbiturates (thiopental and pentobarbital) stopped the seizures promptly.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 291 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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