Amplitude-integrated electro-encephalography: The child neurologist's perspective

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1342-1350

  Glass, Hannah C ^a   Wusthoff, Courtney J ^b   Shellhaas, Renée A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

electroencephalogram; epilepsy; hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; neonatal seizures; neurocritical; neurointensive care; seizure; status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMPLITUDE INTEGRATED ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INFANTILE SPASM; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NEONATOLOGIST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROMONITORING; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HYPOXIC-ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEONATAL SEIZURES; NEUROCRITICAL; NEUROINTENSIVE CARE; SEIZURE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84884201203     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813488663     Document Type: Review

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