Prevalence of non-convulsive seizure and other electroencephalographic abnormalities in ED patients with altered mental status

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1578-1582

  Zehtabchi, Shahriar ^a   Abdel Baki, Samah G ^b   Omurtag, Ahmet ^b   Sinert, Richard ^a   Chari, Geetha ^c   Malhotra, Shweta ^a   Weedon, Jeremy ^c   Fenton, André A ^c,d   Grant, Arthur C ^c  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b Bio Signal Group Corp   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERED MENTAL STATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRODE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON CONVULSIVE SEIZURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 84887254224     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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