Children with seizures presenting to accident and emergency

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-58

  Smith, R A ^a,b   Martland, T ^a   Lowry, M F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b York General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A e departments; Children; Seizures

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; MANNITOL; OXYGEN; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0030053225     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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