Clinical Study
Refractory Status Epilepticus: Experience in a Neurological Intensive Care Unit
Table 3
AEDs administered for management of RSE.
| Drug | No. (%) | Dose used Lowest-Highest |
| Coma induction | | | Midazolam | 55 (87.3) | 0.0006–0.1‡ | Propofol | 28 (44.4) | 0.2– | Thiopental | 3 (4.8) | 1– | AEDs | | | Levetiracetam | 78 (97.5) | 1000– | Phenytoin | 67 (83.8) | 250– | Topiramate | 63 (78.8) | 50– | Valproate | 62 (77.5) | 450– | Phenobarbital | 39 (48.8) | 150– | Other* | 54 (67.5) | |
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Carbamazepine, lamotrigine, pregabalin, vigabatrin, and gabapentin. ‡mg/kg/hour. mg/kg. mg/day. AED: antiepileptic drugs; RSE: refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
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