Children presenting with complex febrile seizures do not routinely need computed tomography scanning in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 528-530

  DiMario Jr , Francis J ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644866276     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2012     Document Type: Note

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