Electroencephalographic monitoring in the pediatric intensive care unit

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Abend, Nicholas S ^a   Chapman, Kevin E ^b   Gallentine, William B ^c   Goldstein, Joshua ^d   Hyslop, Ann E ^e   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^f   Nash, Kendall B ^g   Riviello Jr , James J ^h   Hahn, Cecil D ⁱ  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Electroencephalogram; Electroencephalographic monitoring; Intensive care unit; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; REVIEW;

CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872269469     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-012-0330-3     Document Type: Article

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