Continuous EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit: Early findings and clinical efficacy

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Vespa, Paul M ^a,b   Nenov, Val ^a   Nuwer, Marc R ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Electroencephalography; Intensive care unit; Ischemia; Monitoring; Neurocritical care; Secondary insults; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; COST CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033016919     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199901000-00001     Document Type: Article

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