Severe brain injury in children: Long-term outcome and its prediction using somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs)

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 722-728

  Carter, B G ^a   Taylor, A ^a   Butt, W ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Health state measure; Outcome; Outcome prediction; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0032789571     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050936     Document Type: Article

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