SUDEP revisited - A decade on: Have circumstances changed?

Seizure

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-50

  Beran, Roy G ^a,b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Strategic Health Evaluators   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bolam Principle; Duty of care; Material risks; Need to discuss; Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ACCIDENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORONER; DISEASE CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEGLIGENCE; NEUROLOGIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; STRESS; SUDDEN DEATH; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930005633     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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