PROPOFOL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
BORGEAT A WILDERSMITH OHG JALLON P SUTER PM
Citation
A. Borgeat et al., PROPOFOL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS - A CASE-REPORT, Intensive care medicine, 20(2), 1994, pp. 148-149
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Intensive care medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03424642
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
148 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-4642(1994)20:2<148:PITMOR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Status epilepticus is one of the most frequent neurological emergencie s in the intensive care unit. Standard treatment includes intravenous barbiturates, benzodiazepines and phenytoin. However, drug coma is som etimes necessary to control refractory status epilepticus. We report s uch a case, successfully treated by intravenous propofol coma to EEG b urst suppression.