Continuous EEG monitoring in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-39

  Jordan, Kenneth G ^a,b  

^a ARROWHEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jordan NeuroScience Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous EEG monitoring; Digital EEG; Neurointensive care; Neurophysiologic monitoring; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CONVULSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROSCIENCE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033010942     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199901000-00002     Document Type: Article

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