The role of the standard 20 minute EEG recording in the comatose patient

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-68

  Scozzafava, James ^a   Hussain, Muhammad S ^b   Brindley, Peter G ^b   Jacka, Michael J ^b   Gross, Donald W ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coma; EEG; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMATOSE PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMA; COMORBIDITY; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449148159     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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