Diagnostic utility of an epilepsy monitoring unit

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-122

  Smolowitz, Janice L ^a   Hopkins, Sarah C ^a   Perrine, Tracey ^b   Eck, Karen E ^b   Hirsch, Lawrence J ^b   Mundinger, Mary O'Neil ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Epilepsy diagnosis epidemiology; Inpatients statistics; Monitoring; Retrospective studies; Seizures diagnosis etiology physiopathology; Videotape recording

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34047183377     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860606298295     Document Type: Article

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