Coma in the intensive care unit: Predicting awakening following cardiac and respiratory arrest

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-69

  Tirschwell, David L ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE BB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PUPIL REFLEX; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745714818     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000290437.80323.d2     Document Type: Article

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