Somatosensory evoked potentials as predictors of outcome in patients with acute diffuse axonal injury

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 675-677

  Pajeau, Aurora K ^a,b  

^a Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed head injury; Coma; Diffuse axonal injury; Head trauma; Human; Outcome prediction; Prognosis; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

AXONAL INJURY; BODY HEIGHT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NEUROPROTECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035100130     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200103000-00043     Document Type: Editorial

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