Incorporating abbreviated EEGs in the initial workup of patients who present to the emergency room with mental status changes of unknown etiology

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-21

  Bautista, Ramon Edmundo D ^a   Godwin, Steven ^a   Caro, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Confusion; Electroencephalogram; Emergency room; Mental status change; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846847879     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318030e8cb     Document Type: Article

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