A quick and reliable EEG montage for the detection of seizures in the critical care setting

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Karakis, Ioannis ^a   Montouris, Georgia D ^a   Otis, James A D ^a   Douglass, Laurie M ^b   Jonas, Rinat ^b   Velez Ruiz, Naymee ^c   Wilford, Kesha ^a   Espinosa, Patricio S ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Centro Internacional en Neurociencias   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Critical care; EEG; Hairline montage; Neurologic intensive care unit; Seizures; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRAIN; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951094226     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181d649e4     Document Type: Article

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