A descriptive analysis of seizure events among adults who participated in a computer-based assessment

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 134-141

  DiIorio, Colleen ^a   Reisinger, Elizabeth L ^a   Yeager, Katherine ^a   Schomer, Donald L ^b,c   Henry, Thomas R ^d   Shafer, Patricia Osborne ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER TERMINAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATING FACTORS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 49849097368     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200806000-00003     Document Type: Article

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