Prognostic value of standard EEG in traumatic and non-traumatic disorders of consciousness following coma

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-280

  Bagnato, S ^a   Boccagni, C ^a   Prestandrea, C ^a   Sant'Angelo, A ^a   Castiglione, A ^a   Galardi, G ^a  

^a Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele G Giglio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altered consciousness; Level of cognitive functioning (LCF); Minimally conscious state; Synek scale; Traumatic brain injury; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749117056     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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