Prospective study of the Emfit movement monitor

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1434-1436

  Poppel, Kate Van ^a,b   Fulton, Stephen P ^a,b   McGregor, Amy ^a,b   Ellis, Michelle ^b   Patters, Andrea ^a   Wheless, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

children; intractable epilepsy; seizure alarms; seizures; sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; MUSCLE SPASM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 84878985985     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812471858     Document Type: Article

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