BROMISM - INTOXICATION FROM A RARE ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY

Authors
JAMES LP FARRAR HC GRIEBEL ML BATES SR
Citation
Lp. James et al., BROMISM - INTOXICATION FROM A RARE ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY, Pediatric emergency care, 13(4), 1997, pp. 268-270
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Pediatric emergency care → ACNP
ISSN journal
07495161
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
268 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-5161(1997)13:4<268:B-IFAR>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Bromide, the first effective therapy for epilepsy, is not commonly pre scribed today but has been advocated by some pediatric neurologists fo r the treatment of intractable seizures in children, We report a 17-ye ar-old female patient with intractable epilepsy who insidiously develo ped bromism while on treatment with triple bromide elixir. We review t he clinical presentation, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and management o f bromism.