Validation of a new automated neonatal seizure detection system: A clinician's perspective

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1490-1499

  Cherian, P J ^a   Deburchgraeve, W ^b   Swarte, R M ^a   De Vos, M ^b,c   Govaert, P ^a   Van Huffel, S ^b   Visser, G H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated seizure detection; HIE; Neonatal seizures; NICU; Perinatal asphyxia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED NEONATAL SEIZURE DETECTION SYSTEM; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NEONATAL SEIZURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMONITORING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TISSUE INJURY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL CORD PROLAPSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 79960230369     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.01.043     Document Type: Article

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