Queensland: Suboptimal Anti-Epilepsy Drug Use Is Common Among Indigenous Patients With Seizures Presenting To The Emergency Department

Queensland: Suboptimal Anti-Epilepsy Drug Use Is Common Among Indigenous Patients With Seizures Presenting To The Emergency Department   Ian B. Wilson, Simon Hawkins, Stella Green, and John S. Archer, 2012   We aimed to explore the causes of higher than expected rates of Indigenous emergency department (ED) seizure presentations. A questionnaire was administered to adult patients presenting with seizure to an ED in Far North Queensland. Over 15 months, among 260 presentations with...

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