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Improving the ability of ED physicians to identify subclinical/electrographic seizures on EEG after a brief training module

BACKGROUND: Approximately 5% of emergency department (ED) patients with altered mental status (AMS) have non-convulsive seizures (NCS). Patients with NCS should be diagnosed with EEG as soon as possible to initiate antiepileptic treatment. Since ED physicians encounter such patients first in the ED,...

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Autores principales: Chari, Geetha, Yadav, Kabir, Nishijima, Daniel, Omurtag, Ahmet, Zehtabchi, Shahriar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6437897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-019-0228-9