Ongoing abdominal status myoclonus in postanoxic coma

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-138

  Legriel, Stephane ^a   Le Stang, Marie Benedicte ^a   Merceron, Sybille ^a   Cronier, Pierrick ^a   Troche, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

Coma; Critical care; Myoclonus; Postanoxic; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICARBONATE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; INFUSION FLUID; PROPOFOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL STATUS MYOCLONUS; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCULATION; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MYOCLONUS; POSTANOXIC COMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETREATMENT; SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; MALE; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 84861093084     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9616-6     Document Type: Article

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