Perioperative electroencephalographic seizures in infants undergoing repair of complex congenital cardiac defects

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-36

  Helmers, S L ^a,b   Wypij, D ^c   Constantinou, J E ^a   Newburger, J W ^b   Hickey, P R ^b   Carrazana, E J ^a   Barlow, J K ^a   Kuban, K C K K ^a   Holmes, G L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

electroencephalographic; heart; infant; perioperative; seizures; surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFOUND INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031045110     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)95079-8     Document Type: Article

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