Diagnosing epilepsy in older adults: What does it mean for the primary care physician?

Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Sirven, Joseph I ^a   Ozuna, Judy ^b,c   Schachter, Steven C ^d,e   Sierzant, Tess ^f   Sherman, Frerick T ^g  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Harvard Osher Institute   (United States)

^f UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Older adult; Paroxysmal events; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; INSULIN; PETHIDINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGING; ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; STROKE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 27544461035     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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