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Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
The Official Journal of Pediatric Infections Research Center, SBMU
e-ISSN 2322-1836
p-ISSN 2322-1828
Managment of a Child With Decreased Level of Consciousness
Authors
1Pediatric Infections Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, [email protected], IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: Pediatric Infections Research Center, Mofid Children Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, [email protected], IR Iran. Tel: +98-2188048348 . Fax: +98-2122226941. Email: [email protected]
Published online:Jul 15, 2013
Article type:Discussion
Received:Nov 14, 2012
Accepted:Dec 18, 2012
How to Cite:Karimi A, Fahimzad SA, Mansour Ghanaie R. Managment of a Child With Decreased Level of Consciousness. Arch Pediatr Infect Dis. 2013;1(2):. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/pedinfect.9135
Abstract
When a child presented with decreased level of consciousness in the emergency room, taking the right approach is one of the most important skills that every emergency physician should have. Ideally, there should be a defined diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm in the emergency room for managing these children in order to minimize difficulties diagnostically and maximize time spent helping the child. This article describes the history-taking, and physical and neurologic exams the affected child should be assessed with and explains the potential etiologies of a decreased level of consciousness. These factors are classified into traumatic and non-traumatic agents. Infectious causes of encephalopathy and the applied classification of them has been emphasized.
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