Neurophysiological testing in neurocritical care

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-104

  Guérit, Jean Michel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brain death; Clinical neurophysiology; Coma; Consensus; EEG; Epilepsy; Evoked potentials; Neonatology; Neuromonitoring; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; CONSENSUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EUROPE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77952275947     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328337541a     Document Type: Review

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