Category: Critical Care
Keywords: status epilepticus, anticonvulsant medications, fosphenytoin, levetiracetam, valproate (PubMed Search)
Posted: 4/21/2020 by Quincy Tran, MD, PhD
(Updated: 10/6/2024)
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Title: Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus
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Outcome: absence of clinical seizure at 60 minutes after infusion of medication.
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Kapur J, Elm J, Chamberlain JM, Barsan W, Cloyd J, Lowenstein D, Shinnar S, Conwit R, Meinzer C, Cock H, Fountain N, Connor JT, Silbergleit R; NETT and PECARN Investigators.
Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 28;381(22):2103-2113. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1905795.