Improving the prediction of outcome in severe acute closed head injury by using discriminant function analysis of normal auditory brainstem response latencies and amplitudes

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1062-1069

  Wilson, Wayne J ^a   Penn, Claire ^a   Saffer, David ^a   Aghdasi, Farzin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Discriminant function analysis; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036829027     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2002.97.5.1062     Document Type: Article

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