Generalized periodic discharges in the critically ill : A case-control study of 200 patients

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1951-1960

  Foreman, Brandon ^a   Claassen, Jan ^a   Khaled, Karine Abou ^b   Jirsch, Jeffrey ^c   Alschuler, Daniel M ^d   JohnWittman, John ^e   Emerson, Ronald G ^f   Hirsch, Lawrence J ^g  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Neurological Associates Inc   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMATOSE PATIENT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED PERIODIC DISCHARGE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 84871194001     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182735cd7     Document Type: Article

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