Reliability in interpretation of median somatosensory evoked potentials in the setting of coma: Factors and implications

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-361

  Hakimi, Kevin ^a,b   Kinney, Greg ^a   Kraft, George ^a   Micklesen, Paula ^a   Robinson, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral anoxia; Coma; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Interobserver variation; Median nerve; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949088495     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9251-7     Document Type: Article

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