Abstract
Researchers at the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and other centers in the US, compared the efficacy of intramuscular (IM) midazolam with that of intravenous (IV) lorazepam for children and adults in status epilepticus treated by paramedics.
Highlights
INTRAMUSCULAR VS INTRAVENOUS BENZODIAZEPINES FOR PREHOSPITAL TREATMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS
Researchers at the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and other centers in the US, compared the efficacy of intramuscular (IM) midazolam with that of intravenous (IV) lorazepam for children and adults in status epilepticus treated by paramedics
On arrival in the ED seizures were absent without rescue therapy in 329 of 448 subjects (73.4%) in the IM group and in 282 of 445 (63.4%) in the IV group (P
Summary
INTRAMUSCULAR VS INTRAVENOUS BENZODIAZEPINES FOR PREHOSPITAL TREATMENT OF STATUS EPILEPTICUS Researchers at the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and other centers in the US, compared the efficacy of intramuscular (IM) midazolam with that of intravenous (IV) lorazepam for children and adults in status epilepticus treated by paramedics. Primary outcome was absence of seizures at time of arrival in ED.
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