Complex febrile seizures: A practical guide to evaluation and treatment

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 759-764

  Patel, Anup D ^a   Vidaurre, Jorge ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antiepileptic; complex; epilepsy; febrile; mesial temporal sclerosis; seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; COMPLEX;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEX FEBRILE SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; ALGORITHM; ANTIEPILEPTIC; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEBRILE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIEPILEPTIC; COMPLEX; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE; MESIAL TEMPORAL SCLEROSIS; SEIZURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878089310     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813483569     Document Type: Review

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