Routine investigations in first febrile seizures
West Indian med. j
; 36(4): 236-40, Dec. 1987.
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| ID: med-11537
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JM3.1
Ubicación: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
Retrospective evaluation of records pertaining to 338 children presenting with a first episode of febrile seizure revealed a high performance rate of routine haemoglobin levels, total white cell and differential count, blood glucose, serum electrolyte and urea levels, lumbar puncture for cerebrospinal fluid examination and blood cultures. Lumbar puncture emerged as the most useful investigation in detecting eight children with meningitis, three of whom were over the age of two years. Transient elevation in blood glucose levels, hyponatraemia and low serum bicarbonate levels were noted in some children but their significance is not known. Routine haemoglobin estimation detected sixteen children with unsuspected anaemia, but the remaining investigations were largely unhelpful (AU)
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01-internacional
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MedCarib
Asunto principal:
Convulsiones Febriles
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Barbados
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Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Año:
1987
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Article