Subclinical early posttraumatic seizures detected by continuous EEG monitoring in a consecutive pediatric cohort

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1780-1788

  Arndt, Daniel H ^a   Lerner, Jason T ^b,c   Matsumoto, Joyce H ^b,c   Madikians, Andranik ^c   Yudovin, Sue ^b,c   Valino, Hannah ^b,c   McArthur, David L ^b,c   Wu, Joyce Y ^b,c   Leung, Michelle ^b,c   Buxey, Farzad ^b,c   Szeliga, Conrad ^b   Van Hirtum Das, Michele ^d   Sankar, Raman ^b,c   Brooks Kayal, Amy ^e,f   Giza, Christopher C ^a,b,c,g  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical neurophysiology; Epilepsy; ICU

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; EARLY POSTTRAUMATIC SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CHILDREN; CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; ICU;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84885373409     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12369     Document Type: Article

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