Extensive laboratory testing is often performed in the emergency department evaluation of
the new-onset seizure patient. To determine the utility of such testing, a prospective study of …

In many institutions it is the “standard of care” to obtain serum chemistries and
anticonvulsant levels as part of the emergency department evaluation of seizure patients. To …

The role of laboratory tests in the treatment of patients with unprovoked seizures in the
emergency department (ED) is unclear. To better determine the diagnostic value of routine …

To determine whether checking serum chemistries is a useful procedure, records were
reviewed to identify patients presenting to a university hospital emergency department (ED) …

To determine the utility of the routine practice of obtaining serum chemistry values on
children presenting after a seizure, we reviewed the emergency department records of 241 …

Study objectives: To determine which adult patients with new-onset seizures require
admission and whether those who require admission can be identified in the emergency …

A five-year retrospective study was conducted to review 91 emergency patients with first time
major motor seizures who were hospitalized. Patients were reviewed with regard to etiology …

Seizure is a common problem evaluated in pediatric emergency departments. Serum
chemistry analysis is often performed as a routine part of the diagnostic evaluation of …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate adult first seizures in an emergency department by
analyzing etiologic and epidemiological data and studying the usefulness of biological …

Fifty-six cases of new onset seizures evaluated in a pediatric emergency department (ED)
during a one-year period were assessed retrospectively for efficiency of diagnosis and …