Febrile Seizures without Neurologic Disease Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department, Inpatient, Outpatient Specialty Care and Primary Care
Febrile Seizures without Neurologic Disease Clinical Pathway — Emergency Department, Inpatient, Outpatient Specialty Care and Primary Care
Goals
- Standardize ED, outpatient and inpatient:
- Classification and identification of high-risk children
- Management of febrile seizures
- Admission and discharge criteria
- Discharge education and instructions
- Provide timely educational resources to improve parental satisfaction
- Reduce:
- ED Length of Stay
- Unnecessary routine lab testing, lumbar puncture, neuroimaging and subspecialty consultation for children with a simple febrile seizure
Metrics
- Pathway use
- Labs/imaging use for simple febrile seizures