Predictors of early seizure recurrence in patients admitted for seizures in the Emergency Department

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 261-267

  Choquet, Christophe ^a   Depret Vassal, Jaqueline ^b   Doumenc, Benoit ^a   Sarnel, Sophie ^b   Casalino, Enrique ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Alcoholism; Emergency; Evaluation; Prognosis; Prospective; Recurrence; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; SODIUM; UREA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPYEMA; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; ROC CURVE; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149261779     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3282fce63d     Document Type: Article

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