Necessity of Lumbar Puncture in Patients Presenting with New Onset Complex Febrile Seizures
Introduction: This study aims to characterize the population of patients presenting to a pediatric emergency department (ED) for a first complex febrile seizure, and subsequently assess the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) occurrence in this population. Furthermore, this study seeks to ident...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eScholarship Publishing, University of California
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Western Journal of Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3k73g4h4# |