The Emergency Department Evaluation of the Adult Patient Who Presents with a First-Time Seizure

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Jagoda, Andy ^a   Gupta, Kanika ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Discharge; Evaluation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE;

EID: 78649393437     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2010.08.004     Document Type: Review

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