Factors affecting reliability of interpretations of intra-operative evoked potentials

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-55

  Stecker, Mark M ^a   Robertshaw, Jennifer ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Inter observer agreement; Intra operative monitoring; Reliability; Survey

Indexed keywords

INTER-OBSERVER AGREEMENT; INTRA-OPERATIVE MONITORING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RELIABILITY;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645789818     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-005-9006-8     Document Type: Article

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