Bilateral loss of cortical SSEP responses is compatible with good outcome after cardiac arrest

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2481-2483

  Bender, Andreas ^a   Howell, Kaitlen ^a,b   Frey, Marcel ^a   Berlis, Ansgar ^a,b   Naumann, Markus ^a   Buheitel, Gernot ^a  

^a Therapiezentrum Burgau ^*  (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5;

ADOLESCENT; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868204414     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6573-8     Document Type: Letter

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