Yield of lumbar puncture among children who present with their first complex febrile seizure

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Kimia, Amir ^a   Ben Joseph, Elana Pearl ^a   Rudloe, Tiffany ^a   Capraro, Andrew ^a   Sarco, Dean ^a   Hummel, David ^a   Johnston, Patrick ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Complex febrile seizure; Consensus statement; Fever evaluation; Lumbar puncture; Meningitis; Seizure

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FONTANEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 77954371077     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2741     Document Type: Article

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