Retrospective audit of postictal generalized EEG suppression in telemetry

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Semmelroch, Mira ^a   Elwes, Robert D C ^a   Lozsadi, Dora A ^a,b   Nashef, Lina ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Postictal EEG suppression; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; Tonic clonic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING INTERVENTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUCTION; TELEMETRY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAL SIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856355924     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03296.x     Document Type: Article

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