What is the easier and more reliable dose calculation for iv Phenytoin in children at risk of developing convulsive status epilepticus, 18 mg/kg or 20 mg/kg?

BACKGROUND: With the Convulsive Status Guidelines due for renewal, we wondered if a phenytoin dose of ‘20 mg/kg’ would be easier to calculate correctly and therefore safer than the current ‘18 mg/kg’. An educational exercise in dose calculation was therefore undertaken to assess ease of calculation....

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Autores principales: Prasad, Manish, Shenton, Priya, Dietz, Sanne, Saroha, Vivek, Whitehouse, William P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23601207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-60

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23601207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-60

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