Ambulatory EEG: A cost-effective alternative to inpatient video-EEG in adult patients

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-297

  Dash, Dianne ^a   Hernandez Ronquillo, Lizbeth ^a   Moien Afshari, Farzad ^b   Tellez Zenteno, Jose F ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory EEG; Cost of illness; Diagnostic yield; Epilepsy; Non epileptic events; Portable EEG; Pseudoseizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIKE WAVE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TELEMETRY; VIDEORECORDING; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; SEIZURE;

ADULT; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84867419526     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0529     Document Type: Article

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