Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Status Epilepticus

Neurocritical Care - Tập 17 Số 1 - Trang 3-23 - 2012
Gretchen M. Brophy1, Rodney Bell2, Jan Claassen3, Brian K. Alldredge4, Thomas P. Bleck5, Tracy A. Glauser6, Suzette M. LaRoche7, James J. Riviello8, Lori Shutter9, Michael R. Sperling2, David M. Treiman10, Paul Vespa11
1Departments of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science and Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
2Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
3Columbia University, New York, USA
4University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
5Rush University, Chicago, USA
6Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA
7Emory University, Atlanta, USA
8New York University, New York, USA
9University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA
10Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
11University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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