Question 2: Should children who have a febrile seizure be screened for iron deficiency?

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 960-963

  King, David ^a   King, Andrew ^b  

^a DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; NOTE; SCREENING; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COUGHING; EMBASE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; RHINORRHEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CASE REPORT; GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; HEMATOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

IRON;

FEBRILE SEIZURES; GENERAL PAEDIATRICS; HAEMATOLOGY; IRON DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

EID: 84908256925     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306689     Document Type: Note

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