Clinical issues in acute childhood seizure management in the emergency department

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Terndrup, Thomas E ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; INSULIN; LORAZEPAM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031694501     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073898013001031     Document Type: Article

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