To determine whether checking serum chemistries is a useful procedure, records were reviewed to identify patients presenting to a university hospital emergency department (ED) with seizures. In a six-month period, 112 adult patients made 126 visits for evaluation and treatment of recent seizures. An
Serum electrolyte abnormalities in emergency department patients with seizures
โ Scribed by RD Powers
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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