Impact of continuous EEG monitoring on clinical management in critically ill children

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-75

  Abend, Nicholas S ^a,b   Topjian, Alexis A ^a   Gutierrez Colina, Ana M ^a   Donnelly, Maureen ^a   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

Critically Ill; EEG monitoring; Electroencephalogram; Pediatric; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTINUOUS ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY MONITORING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SINOVENOUS THROMBOSIS; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953778103     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9380-z     Document Type: Article

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