title: Use of the EpiNet database for observational study of status epilepticus in Auckland, New Zealand.
abstract: The EpiNet project has been established to facilitate investigator-initiated clinical research in epilepsy, to undertake epidemiological studies, and to simultaneously improve the care of patients who have records created within the EpiNet database. The EpiNet database has recently been adapted to collect detailed information regarding status epilepticus. An incidence study is now underway in Auckland, New Zealand in which the incidence of status epilepticus in the greater Auckland area (population: 1.5 million) will be calculated. The form that has been developed for this study can be used in the future to collect information for randomized controlled trials in status epilepticus. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Status Epilepticus".
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: pbergin@adhb.govt.nz.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bergin
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Jayaganth
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jayabal
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalziel
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Lynair
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Litchfield
authors.affiliation: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Braden
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Te Ao
authors.affiliation: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parmer
authors.affiliation: AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Valery
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Feigin
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; INSERM U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.affiliation: Capo Laboratorio Malattie Neurologiche, Mario Negri Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Beghi
authors.affiliation: Département Neurosciences Cliniques, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Andrea O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Rossetti
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: EpiNet; Incidence; Internet-based; Prospective; Status epilepticus