Children presenting with convulsions (including status epilepticus) to a paediatric accident and emergency department: An audit of a treatment protocol

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-47

  Garr, R E ^a   Appleton, R E ^a   Robson, W J ^a   Molyneux, E M ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PARALDEHYDE; PHENYTOIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032961715     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299000080     Document Type: Article

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