Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography in the NICU: Frequent artifacts in premature infants may limit its utility as a monitoring device

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Suk, Debbie ^a   Krauss, Alfred N ^a   Engel, Murray ^a   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude integrated electroencephalography; Artifact; Cerebral function monitor; Premature infant; Raw electroencephalogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; ARTIFACT; MONITORING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 61549091876     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2850     Document Type: Article

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