Routine investigations in first febrile seizures
West Indian med. j
;
36(4): 236-40, Dec. 1987. tab
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RESUMO
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
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Main subject:
Seizures, Febrile
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Barbados
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English Caribbean
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1987
Type:
Article
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