Interobserver reproducibility of electroencephalogram interpretation in critically ill children

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-19

  Abend, Nicholas S ^a,b   Gutierrez Colina, Ana ^a   Zhao, Huaqing ^a   Guo, Rong ^a   Marsh, Eric ^a,b   Clancy, Robert R ^a,b   Dlugos, Dennis J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Electroencephalogram; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Interobserver variability; Pediatric; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEIZURE;

BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951683191     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3182051123     Document Type: Article

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