Early somatosensory evoked potential grades in comatose traumatic brain injury patients predict cognitive and functional outcome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-174

  Houlden, David A ^a   Taylor, Amanda B ^a   Feinstein, Anthony ^a   Midha, Rajiv ^b   Bethune, Allison J ^a   Stewart, Craig P ^a   Schwartz, Michael L ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Coma; Grading system; Outcome prediction; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMATOSE PATIENT; EMOTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WELLBEING; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMA; CRITICAL CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049124838     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181c031b3     Document Type: Article

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