The Child with Pyrexial Convulsions

  • Dr Russell Kirkby
  • Dr Anthony C Crutchley Chelmsford Medical Centre

Abstract

How do you manage these often problematical patients ? Is your knowledge up to date and would you handle this Problem expertly and efficiently if faced with such a crisis tomorrow? Test yourself by reliving and working through the following problems which are presented exactly as they occurred and in the way they were managed. Answer the questions only with the information supplied. These were the questions the doctor managing the case asked himself during the course of the illness. Then compare your answers with the summary and commentary on the treatment provided,by the consultant

Author Biographies

Dr Russell Kirkby
MBChB (Pret), DA (SA), BScHons (Pharmacol) (Potch) M Prax Med (Medunsa), MFGP
Dr Anthony C Crutchley, Chelmsford Medical Centre
MBChB (Cape Town), DCH (SA), FCP (SA) Paed.
Section
CPD