Ketamine Infusion Used to Successfully Control Refractory Status Epilepticus in a Pregnant Patient

Table 1

“The timeline of different antiepileptic medications during ICU stay”.

Therapy in ICU [Day 1-Day 15]
Anesthetics
		Dose Range	Therapeutic Monitoring
Ketamine	Day 3-9	50 -150 mcg/kg/min	N/A
Propofol	Day 3-5	10-40 mcg/kg/min	N/A
Maintenance AEDs
		Total Daily Dose
Levetiracetam	Day 1-15	3000mg-9000mg	18.4-88.9 ug/mL
Lacosamide	Day 2-15	400 mg-500 mg
Oxcarbazepine	Day 4-15	600 mg-800 mg	5-10 mcg/mL
Zonisamide	Day 7-15	600 mg	11-29 mcg/mL
Ancillary Therapy
Pyridoxine	Day 3-15	50 mg	3 ug/L
Magnesium Sulfate Infusion	Day 3-7	Maintain serum Mg 3-3.5	3.1-3.8 mg/dL
IV; Methylprednisolone	Day 4-6	1000 mg	N/A