Detection of nontraumatic comatose patients with no benefit of intensive care treatment by recording of sensory evoked potentials

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 512-516

  Madl, Christian ^a   Kramer, Ludwig ^a   Yeganehfar, Wafa ^a   Eisenhuber, Edith ^a   Kranz, Alexander ^a   Ratheiser, Klaus ^a   Zauner, Christian ^a   Schneider, Barbara ^b   Grimm, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029936028     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550060054017     Document Type: Article

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