Hemispherectomy-associated complications from the Kids' Inpatient Database

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-53

  Koubeissi, Mohamad Z ^a   Syed, Tanvir U ^a   Syed, Ishtiaq ^b   Jordan, James ^a   Alshekhlee, Amer ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hemimegalencephaly; Hemispherectomy; Intractable epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; MALE; MENINGITIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350409695     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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