Continuous EEG monitoring in Kenyan children with non-traumatic coma

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-349

  Gwer, Samson ^a,b   Idro, Richard ^a,c   Fegan, Gregory ^a,d   Chengo, Edwin ^a   Garrashi, Harrun ^a   White, Steve ^e   Kirkham, Fenella J ^f,g   Newton, Charles R ^a,d,g  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b AFYA RESEARCH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PARALDEHYDE; PHENOBARBITAL; THIOPENTAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84859158753     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300935     Document Type: Article

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