Interobserver agreement in the interpretation of EEG patterns in critically ill adults

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Gerber, Paula A ^a   Chapman, Kevin E ^a   Chung, Steve S ^a   Drees, Cornelia ^a   Maganti, Rama K ^a   Ng, Yu Tze ^a   Treiman, David M ^a   Little, Andrew S ^b   Kerrigan, John F ^a,b  

^a Epilepsy Center   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; EEG; Interobserver agreement; Intraobserver agreement; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 58149291762     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e318182ed67     Document Type: Article

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