Prolonged febrile seizures, clinical characteristics, and acute management

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1092-1098

  Bassan, Haim ^a,b   Barzilay, Marina ^a,b   Shinnar, Shlomo ^c   Shorer, Zamir ^d,e   Matoth, Israel ^f,g   Gross Tsur, Varda ^g,h  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Febrile seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAZEPAM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878621081     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12164     Document Type: Article

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