Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography: A runaway horse?

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-268

  Dysart, Kevin C ^a   Kirpalani, Haresh M ^a,b   Wusthoff, Courtney J ^c   Seshia, Shashi S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HYPOXIA; CANADA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; NEUROLOGIST; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 84860445046     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100013378     Document Type: Editorial

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