Are we failing to provide adequate rescue medication to children at risk of prolonged convulsive seizures in schools?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 777-780

  Cross, J Helen ^a,b   Wait, Suzanne ^c   Arzimanoglou, Alexis ^d   Beghi, Ettore ^e   Bennett, Christine ^f   Lagae, Lieven ^g   Mifsud, Janet ^h   Schmidt, Dieter ⁱ   Harvey, Gordon ^j  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHW Health Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d University Hospitals of Lyon HCL   (France)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^f HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

ⁱ Epilepsy Research Group   (Germany)

^j ViroPharma SPRL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISEASE COURSE; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROLOGY; RESCUE MEDICATION; SCHOOL HEALTH; SEIZURES;

CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEIZURES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84884595058     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304089     Document Type: Article

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