Clinical factors associated with invasive testing and imaging in patients with complex febrile seizures

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 430-434

  Boyle, Deborah A ^a   Sturm, Jesse J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

complex febrile seizure; consensus statement; diagnostic approach; seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COMPLEX FEBRILE SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUNCTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876411182     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318289e8f1     Document Type: Article

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