Frequency and predictors of nonconvulsive seizures during continuous electroencephalographic monitoring in critically ill children

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1750-1755

  Jette, Nathalie ^a,c   Claassen, Jan ^b   Emerson, Ronald G ^b   Hirsch, Lawrence J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845543147     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.12.1750     Document Type: Article

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