TY - JOUR
T1 - Altered Level Of Consciousness
T2 - Evidence-Based Management In The Emergency Department
AU - Song, Joo Lee
AU - Wang, Vincent J.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - A child who presents to the emergency department with an altered level of consciousness can be clinically unstable and can pose a great diagnostic challenge. The emergency clinician must quickly develop a wide differential of possible etiologies in order to administer potentially life-saving medications or interventions. The history, physical examination, and appropriate diagnostic tests can aid greatly in rapidly narrowing the differential diagnosis. Once initial stabilization, workup, and first-line interventions are completed, most patients who present with unresolved or unidentified altered level of consciousness should be admitted for further evaluation and close monitoring. This issue provides a review of the etiologies of altered level of consciousness as well as guidance for the management and disposition of patients with this condition.
AB - A child who presents to the emergency department with an altered level of consciousness can be clinically unstable and can pose a great diagnostic challenge. The emergency clinician must quickly develop a wide differential of possible etiologies in order to administer potentially life-saving medications or interventions. The history, physical examination, and appropriate diagnostic tests can aid greatly in rapidly narrowing the differential diagnosis. Once initial stabilization, workup, and first-line interventions are completed, most patients who present with unresolved or unidentified altered level of consciousness should be admitted for further evaluation and close monitoring. This issue provides a review of the etiologies of altered level of consciousness as well as guidance for the management and disposition of patients with this condition.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 28027458
AN - SCOPUS:85015354560
SN - 1549-9650
VL - 14
SP - 1
EP - 28
JO - Pediatric emergency medicine practice
JF - Pediatric emergency medicine practice
IS - 1
ER -