Early management of adults with an uncomplicated first generalised seizure

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-242

  Dunn, M J G ^a   Breen, D P ^b   Davenport, R J ^c   Gray, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17144398439     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.015651     Document Type: Review

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