Case Report
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 |
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