Effect of MicroEEG on clinical management and outcomes of emergency department patients with altered mental status: A randomized controlled trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-291

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

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bio Signal Group Corp   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896320836     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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