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Primeros auxilios en caso de convulsiones

Prevención:

Las personas con epilepsia deben usar siempre una etiqueta de alerta médica y tomar los medicamentos que el médico les recete.
Es importante mantener la fiebre bajo control, especialmente en niños.

Referencias:

Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002.

Ford MD, ed. Clinical Toxicology . 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2001.

Goetz CG, Pappert EJ. Textbook of Clinical Neurology . 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2003.

Convulsión de gran mal

Primeros auxilios en caso de convulsiones-serie

Fecha de revisión: 1/16/2007
Versión en inglés revisada por: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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