Improving safety outcomes in the epilepsy monitoring unit
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Improving safety outcomes in the epilepsy monitoring unit
Long term video electroencephalography (EEG) in epilepsy monitoring units (EMU) is used to diagnose and treat patients with epilepsy. Injury occurs in the EMU, including reports of death. No standardized patient safety protocols exist. Our objective is to determine the frequency and contributing factors to injury in the EMU. We reviewed medical records and video EEG of patients with epilepsy ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2011.10.004