Presentation and management of community-onset vs hospital-onset first seizures
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Hospital-onset seizures: an inpatient study.
OBJECTIVES To describe demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with hospital-onset seizure (HOS) and to explore current practices in their management. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review. SETTING Academic, tertiary care, private (New York University Langone Medical Center) and municipal (Bellevue Hospital Center) medical centers. PATIENTS Patients aged at least 18 year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology: Clinical Practice
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2163-0402,2163-0933
DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000524