Evaluation and management of febrile seizures in the out-of-hospital and emergency department settings

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Warden, Craig R ^a,f   Zibulewsky, Joseph ^b   Mace, Sharon ^c   Gold, Claudia ^d   Gausche Hill, Marianne ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALITIS; EVALUATION; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGITIS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0037308522     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.48     Document Type: Review

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