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Mortality among veterans with epilepsy: Temporal significance of traumatic brain injury exposure
Roghani A, Wang C, Henion A, Amuan M, Altalib H, LaFrance W, Baca C, Van Cott A, Towne A, Kean J, Hinds S, Kennedy E, Panahi S, Pugh M. Mortality among veterans with epilepsy: Temporal significance of traumatic brain injury exposure. Epilepsia 2024, 65: 2255-2269. PMID: 39119799, DOI: 10.1111/epi.18026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraumatic brain injuryIndex dateTraumatic brain injury exposureDocumented traumatic brain injuryHazard ratioVeterans Health AdministrationConfidence intervalsTraumatic brain injury diagnosisPost-9/11 veteransDefense Health AgencyCox proportional hazards modelsAssociated with earlier timeProportional hazards modelRetrospective cohort studyHealth careHealth AdministrationHealth agenciesCumulative mortality rateInjury exposureMortality riskMortality hazardCohort studyVeteransSignificant mortality riskHazards model
2016
Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures — a national study of provider documentation
Altalib HH, Elzamzamy K, Pugh MJ, Gonzalez JB, Cheung KH, Fenton BT, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, LaFrance WC. Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures — a national study of provider documentation. Epilepsy & Behavior 2016, 64: 4-8. PMID: 27723497, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.08.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresElectronic health recordsNonepileptic seizuresVeterans Affairs electronic health recordsDiagnosis of PNESInappropriate health careMajority of patientsPrimary care providersImpressions of patientsHealth care professionalsMental health professionalsEpilepsy criteriaProvider documentationClinical impressionCare providersCare professionalsInternational LeagueDiagnostic certaintyHealth professionalsPatientsProgress notesHealth recordsHealth careSeizuresNeurologists