Prognostic determination in anoxic-ischemic and traumatic encephalopathies

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-390

  Young, G Bryan ^a,d   Wang, Jing Tian ^b,c   Connolly, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d London Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Coma; Electroencephalography; Electrophysiological tests; Outcome; Prognosis; Short latency evoked potentials; Short latency somatosensory evoked potentials; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COGNITION; COMA; DISABILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MORTALITY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 10344251509     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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