The frequency and timing of epileptiform activity on continuous electroencephalogram in comatose post-cardiac arrest syndrome patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 840-847

  Mani, Ram ^a   Schmitt, Sarah E ^a   Mazer, Maryann ^b   Putt, Mary E ^a   Gaieski, David F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Coma; EEG; Erapeutic hypothermia; Outcomes; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POST CARDIAC ARREST SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYNDROME; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861670954     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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