Yield of emergent neuroimaging among children presenting with a first complex febrile seizure

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-321

  Kimia, Amir A ^a   Ben Joseph, Elana ^a   Prabhu, Sanjay ^a   Rudloe, Tiffany ^a   Capraro, Andrew ^a   Sarco, Dean ^a   Hummel, David ^a   Harper, Marvin ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

complex febrile seizure; consensus statement; imaging; intracranial pathology; seizure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX FEBRILE SEIZURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; VACCINATION; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84859627252     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824d8b0b     Document Type: Article

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