Etiologies of seizures in young children admitted to an inner city hospital in a developing country

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 761-763

  Çetinkaya, Feyzullah ^a,c   Sennaroglu, Ece ^a   Comu, Sinan ^b  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ZAN Medical Center   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypocalcemia; Rickets; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 59849087734     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31818c2652     Document Type: Article

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