Falsely pessimistic prognosis by EEG in post-anoxic coma after cardiac arrest: The borderland of nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-344

  Sreedharan, Jemeen ^a   Gourlay, Elizabeth ^a   Evans, Matthew R ^a   Koutroumanidis, Michalis ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EEG; False prediction; Nonconvulsive status; Post anoxic coma; Repetitive epileptiform discharges

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; ETIRACETAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHEST INFECTION; COMA; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEMORY DISORDER; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SPIKE WAVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84867410857     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0519     Document Type: Note

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