Acute posthypoxic myoclonus after cardiopulmonary resuscitation

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bouwes, Aline ^a,b   van Poppelen, Daniël ^a   Koelman, Johannes H T M ^a   Kuiper, Michael A ^a,c   Zandstra, Durk F ^d   Weinstein, Henry C ^b,e   Tromp, Selma C ^f   Zandbergen, Eveline G J ^g   Tijssen, Marina A J ^a,h   Horn, Janneke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^d Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult; Anoxic; Coma; Electroencephalography; Evoked potentials; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE POSTHYPOXIC MYOCLONUS; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCORTEX;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864398100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-63     Document Type: Article

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