کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3053053 1579949 2007 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Validation of epilepsy diagnoses in the Danish National Hospital Register
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی عصب شناسی
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Validation of epilepsy diagnoses in the Danish National Hospital Register
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryPurposeTo validate the diagnosis of epilepsy in the Danish National Hospital Register.MethodsWe randomly selected 200 patients registered with epilepsy in the Danish National Hospital Register between 1977 and 2002 and validated the diagnosis according to the guidelines developed by the International League Against Epilepsy.ResultsWe reviewed the medical records of 188 (94%) persons from 57 departments at 41 hospitals. The epilepsy diagnoses were confirmed in 153 patients, providing a positive predictive value for epilepsy of 81% (95% confidence interval (95% CI): 75–87%). Among the 35 patients who did not fulfill the criteria for epilepsy, 14 were admitted after a single, unprovoked seizure. Among patients registered with epilepsy the positive predictive value of seizure disorder was 89% (95% CI: 83–93%). Among patients classified with epilepsy syndromes, the positive predictive value for syndrome classification was 60% (95% CI: 44–74%) for epilepsy with complex focal seizures and 35% (95% CI: 22–51%) for primary generalized epilepsy.ConclusionThe validity of the epilepsy diagnoses in the Danish National Hospital Register has a moderate to high positive predictive value for epilepsy, but a relatively low predictive value for epilepsy syndromes.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Epilepsy Research - Volume 75, Issues 2–3, July 2007, Pages 162–170
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