29 December 2009
American Academy of Neurology
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DISEASE/CONDITION(S)
Seizure

GUIDELINE CATEGORY
Diagnosis
Evaluation
Management
Screening
Technology Assessment

CLINICAL SPECIALTY
Emergency Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Neurological Surgery
Neurology
Nursing
Pediatrics
Radiology

INTENDED USERS
Advanced Practice Nurses
Allied Health Personnel
Health Care Providers
Health Plans
Hospitals
Managed Care Organizations
Nurses
Patients
Physician Assistants
Physicians

GUIDELINE OBJECTIVE(S)
To reassess the usefulness of neuroimaging as a screening procedure for altering management of the emergency patient presenting with a seizure, and to determine which clinical and historical characteristics indicate the need for a neuroimaging study for such patients
To update the previous practice parameter from 1996 and employ improved methodology for the development of clinical practice guidelines