Use and abuse of stat EEG

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 865-868

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT MONITORING; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 45749119432     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.6.865     Document Type: Editorial

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