The validity of epilepsy or seizure documentation in nursing homes

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 171-175

  Hardie, Nancy A ^a   Garrard, Judith ^b   Gross, Cynthia R ^a   Bowers, Sandra E ^a   Rarick, John O ^a   Bland, Patricia ^b   Leppik, Ilo E ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MINCEP Epilepsy Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epilepsy; Nursing homes; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOCUMENTATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 34247470237     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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