Single-channel amplitude integrated EEG recording for the identification of epileptic seizures by nonexpert physicians in the adult acute care setting

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 329-337

  Nitzschke, Rainer ^a   Müller, Jakob ^a   Engelhardt, Ria ^a   Schmidt, Gunter N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b ASKLEPIOS KLINIK ALTONA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude integrated electroencephalography; Critical care medicine; Epilepsy; Neuromonitoring; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT PATIENTS; CLINICAL DATA; CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS; CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; EEG RECORDING; EEG SIGNALS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC SEIZURES; MEAN SENSITIVITY; NEONATAL SEIZURE; NEUROMONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SEIZURES; SINGLE-CHANNEL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTEGRATION; MEDICINE;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE INTEGRATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 83155181476     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-011-9312-2     Document Type: Article

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