Contribution of initial median-nerve somatosensory evoked potentials and brainstem auditory evoked potentials to prediction of clinical outcome in cerebrovascular critical care patients: A statistical evaluation

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-158

  Haupt, Walter F ^a   Pawlik, Gunter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Cerebral evoked potentials; Median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials; Neurological critical care; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; PROGNOSIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CRITICAL CARE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031870677     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199803000-00009     Document Type: Article

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