Prediction of outcome in patients with anoxic coma: A clinical and electrophysiologic study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 672-678

  Chen, Robert ^a   Bolton, Charles F ^a   Young, G Bryan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; electroencephalography; electrophysiology; evoked potentials; intensive care unit; neurologic emergencies; patient outcome assessment; prognostication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMA; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029863078     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199604000-00020     Document Type: Article

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