Management of women with epilepsy: Are guidelines being followed? Results from case-note reviews and a patient questionnaire

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1286-1292

  Kampman, Margitta T ^a,b   Johansen, Stein Vegar ^b   Stenvold, Helge ^b   Acharya, Ganesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Implementation; Medical audit; Practice guidelines; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 23944496695     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.04205.x     Document Type: Article

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