Amplitude-integrated electroencephalographic activity is suppressed in preterm infants with high scores on illness severity

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 385-390

  Ter Horst, Hendrik J ^a   Jongbloed Pereboom, Marjolein ^a   van Eykern, Leo A ^a   Bos, Arend F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral function monitor; Hypotension; Illness severity; Infant; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREMATURITY;

APGAR SCORE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79954621199     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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