Yield of Lumbar Puncture with First Complex Febrile Seizure
Abstract
Researchers in emergency medicine and pediatric neurology at Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, assessed the rate of acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) among 526 children (56% male) aged 6 to 60 months (median age 17 months) who were evaluated in the ED between 1995 and 2008 for a first complex febrile seizure (CFS).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-9-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 68 - 69
Published on: Sep 1, 2010
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2010 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.