Neurodiagnostic techniques in neonatal critical care

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Chang, Taeun ^a   Du Plessis, Adre ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; EEG; MRI; Neonatal neurology; Neurodiagnostic techniques; NIRS; Placenta

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE INTEGRATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; BRAIN INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROPROTECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84861227044     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-012-0254-y     Document Type: Review

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