New neurophysiology and central nervous system dysfunction

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-105

  Edmonds Jr , Harvey L ^a   Zhang, Yi Ping ^b   Shields, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral oximetry; Electroencephalography; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OXIMETRY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0037383604     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200304000-00004     Document Type: Review

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