An evidence and consensus based guideline for the management of a child after a seizure

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-20

  Armon, K ^a   Stephenson, T ^a   MacFaul, R ^b   Hemingway, P ^a   Werneke, U ^c   Smith, S ^d  

^a Academic Division of Child Health   (United Kingdom)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

AGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMBASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDLINE; MENINGITIS; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037255908     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.1.13     Document Type: Review

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