Lumbar Puncture in Children from an Area of Malaria Endemicity Who Present with a Febrile Seizure

Background. Although routine lumbar puncture (LP) is often recommended as part of the assessment of feverassociated seizures in children, accumulating evidence questions its value and reveals a decrease in its frequency. Our primary hypothesis was that children who present with a single seizure but...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2010-09, Vol.51 (5), p.534-540
Hauptverfasser:	Laman, Moses, Manning, Laurens, Hwaiwhange, Ilomo, Vince, John, Aipit, Susan, Mare, Trevor, Warrel, Jonathan, Karunajeewa, Harin, Siba, Peter, Mueller, Ivo, Davis, Timothy M. E.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES Bacteria Bacterial meningitis Biological and medical sciences Blood Cerebral malaria Child Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Comas Convulsions & seizures Encephalitis, Viral - diagnosis Endemic Diseases Febrile seizures Female Fever - etiology Human protozoal diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Lumbar punctures Malaria Malaria - complications Malaria - epidemiology Male Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Meningism Meningitis Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis Papua New Guinea - epidemiology Parasitic diseases Prospective Studies Protozoal diseases Risk Factors Seizures Seizures, Febrile - cerebrospinal fluid Seizures, Febrile - diagnosis Seizures, Febrile - etiology Spinal Puncture
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