Routine lumbar puncture in children with febrile seizures in Ghana: should it continue? | Zendy

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Routine lumbar puncture in children with febrile seizures in Ghana: should it continue?

Author(s) -

Alex OwusuOfori,

Tsiri Agbenyega,

Daniel Ansong,

W. Michael Scheld

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2003.12.008

Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar puncture , meningitis , case fatality rate , bacterial meningitis , lumbar , malaria , pediatrics , cerebral malaria , surgery , spinal puncture , anesthesia , plasmodium falciparum , cerebrospinal fluid , epidemiology , pathology

Performing routine lumbar punctures in children with febrile seizures has been controversial. This study aimed to determine the positive yield of lumbar punctures in a setting where routine lumbar puncture is routinely carried out and to determine if any other parameter could help differentiate bacterial meningitis from the various other diagnoses of children who presented with a febrile seizure.

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