The short-term outcome of seizure management by prehospital personnel: A comparison of two protocols

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Galustyan, Sergey G ^a   Walsh Kelly, Christine M ^a   Szewczuga, Del ^b   Bergholte, Jo ^a   Hennes, Halim ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Milwaukee Co Paramedic Train Ctr   (United States)

^c MS 677 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Emergency medical service; Outcome; Seizure; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0041467427     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000086234.54586.49     Document Type: Article

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