Intravenous ketamine for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus: A retrospective multicenter study
Gaspard N, Foreman B, Judd LM, Brenton JN, Nathan BR, McCoy BM, Al‐Otaibi A, Kilbride R, Fernández IS, Mendoza L, Samuel S, Zakaria A, Kalamangalam GP, Legros B, Szaflarski JP, Loddenkemper T, Hahn CD, Goodkin HP, Claassen J, Hirsch LJ, LaRoche SM. Intravenous ketamine for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus: A retrospective multicenter study. Epilepsia 2013, 54: 1498-1503. PMID: 23758557, PMCID: PMC3731413, DOI: 10.1111/epi.12247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRefractory status epilepticusTreatment of RSEIntravenous ketamineStatus epilepticusBrain injuryEpisodes of RSEPostanoxic brain injuryAnoxic brain injuryMulticenter retrospective reviewRetrospective multicenter studyRole of ketaminePossible adverse eventsAcademic medical centerKetamine initiationProspective trialAdverse eventsRetrospective reviewRetrospective seriesSE onsetMulticenter studyLast drugMedical recordsMedical CenterSafe drugConcurrent drugs