Emergency seizure care in adults with known epilepsy

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-164

  Spitz, Mark C ^a   Towbin, John A ^a   Honigman, Benjamin ^a   Shantz, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Emergency medical services; Emergency medicine; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; COCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030219750     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0896-6974(96)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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