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Review of the efficacy of rectal paraldehyde in the management of acute and prolonged tonic–clonic convulsions
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- Published on: 8 May 2009
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Sir,
Dr Rowland and colleagues have recently reported a prospective audit on the use of rectal paraldehyde in children with prolonged seizures (1). On the basis of their data they conclude that “This would appear to confirm that paraldehyde should remain a treatment for the management of prolonged tonic-clonic convulsions, including convulsive status epilepticus”. Unfortunately there are several issues that req...
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