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Febrile Seizures in Emergency Medicine Differential Diagnoses

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Febrile Seizures in Emergency Medicine Differential Diagnoses


Author: Nooruddin R Tejani, MD; Chief Editor: Richard G Bachur, MD more... Updated: Aug 31, 2011

Differential Diagnoses
Epidural and Subdural Infections Epidural Hematoma Meningitis Pediatrics, Bacteremia and Sepsis Pediatrics, Fever Pediatrics, Meningitis and Encephalitis Pediatrics, Status Epilepticus

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Author Nooruddin R Tejani, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Health Sciences Center Brooklyn; Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Downstate Medical Center Nooruddin R Tejani, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics Disclosure: Nothing to disclose. Specialty Editor Board Debra Slapper, MD Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Anthony's Hospital Debra Slapper, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine Disclosure: Nothing to disclose. Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
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Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mercy St Vincent Medical Center Wayne Wolfram, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Disclosure: Nothing to disclose. John D Halamka, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center John D Halamka, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Disclosure: Nothing to disclose. Chief Editor Richard G Bachur, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief and Fellowship Director, Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Boston Richard G Bachur, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Society for Pediatric Research Disclosure: Nothing to disclose. Additional Contributors The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author, William T Zempsky, MD, to the development and writing of this article.

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