Emergent Electroencephalogram in the Intensive Care Unit: Indications and Diagnostic Yield

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 173-180

  Varelas, Panayiotis N ^a   Hacein Bey, Lotfi ^a   Hether, Tammy ^a   Terranova, Brenda ^a   Spanaki, Marianna V ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Arrest; Convulsive Status Epilepticus; Electroencephalography; Emergent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STROKE; WARD;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 4744363008     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940403500406     Document Type: Article

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