Comparisons of the mortality and clinical presentations of status epilepticus in private practice community and university hospital settings in Richmond, Virginia

Seizure

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 405-411

  DeLorenzo, Robert J ^a,b   Kirmani, Batool ^a   Deshpande, Laxmikant S ^a   Jakkampudi, Vamsy ^a   Towne, Alan R ^a   Waterhouse, Elizabeth ^a   Garnett, Linda ^a   Ramakrishnan, Viswanathan ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Etiology; Mortality; Private practice community hospitals; Status epilepticus; University

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349246266     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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