Management of status epilepticus in neurological versus medical intensive care unit: Does it matter?

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-9

  Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a,b   Corry, Jesse ^a   Rehman, Mohammed ^a   Abdelhak, Tamer ^a   Schultz, Lonni ^a   Spanaki, Marianna ^a   Bartscher, James ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous electroencephalogram; Medical intensive care unit; Neurological intensive care unit; Outcomes; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84880924899     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-013-9840-3     Document Type: Article

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