Clinical policy: Critical issues in the evaluation and management of adult patients presenting to the emergency department with seizures

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-447.e15

  Huff, J Stephen ^a   Melnick, Edward R ^a   Tomaszewski, Christian A ^a   Thiessen, Molly E W ^a   Jagoda, Andy S ^a   Fesmire, Francis M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84896455960     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.018     Document Type: Review

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