Yield of diagnostic studies in children presenting with complex febrile seizures

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 789-791

  Hardasmalani, Madhu Dunichand ^a   Saber, Mai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

complete blood count; complex febrile seizures; CT scan; lumbar puncture; magnetic resonance imaging; serum chemistry

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPLEX FEBRILE SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE CULTURE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84864861282     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182627ed2     Document Type: Article

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