Emergency department management of patients with seizures: A multicenter study

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 622-628

  Huff, J Stephen ^a   Morris, Dexter L ^b   Kothari, Rashmi U ^c,d   Gibbs, Michael A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Borgess Research Institute   (United States)

^e CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Epilepsy; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034987496     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2001.tb00175.x     Document Type: Article

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