Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in the critically ill elderly

Epilepsia

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1194-1202

  Litt, Brian ^a,e   Wityk, Robert J ^c   Hertz, Sharon H ^b,c   Mullen, Paul D ^d   Weiss, Howard ^b,c   Ryan, Dawn D ^b   Henry, Thomas R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Elderly; Electroencephalography; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVULSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031791138     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01311.x     Document Type: Article

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