Necessity of lumbar puncture in patients presenting with new onset complex febrile seizures

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 206-211

  Fletcher, Erin M ^a,b,c   Sharieff, Ghazala ^b,c,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTUBATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLEOCYTOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84879101448     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.8.12872     Document Type: Article

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