Non-convulsive status epilepticus; the rate of occurrence in a general hospital

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-42

  Alroughani, R ^a   Javidan, M ^a   Qasem, A ^a   Alotaibi, N ^a  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous EEG monitoring; Hypoxic anoxic brain injury; Non convulsive status epilepticus; Young's criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649138877     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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