National Audit of Seizure management in Hospitals (NASH): Results of the national audit of adult epilepsy in the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Dixon, Peter A ^a   Kirkham, Jamie J ^a   Marson, Anthony G ^a   Pearson, Mike G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biostatistics University of Liverpool ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WITNESS; CLINICAL AUDIT; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84926512764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007325     Document Type: Article

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