Utility of laboratory testing for infants with seizures

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 309-312

  Scarfone, Richard J ^a,c   Pond, Karen ^b   Thompson, Kim ^a   Fall, Ida ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Nonfebrile seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; SEIZURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 0033792428     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200010000-00001     Document Type: Article

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