Electrographic seizures and status epilepticus in critically ill children and neonates with encephalopathy

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1170-1179

  Abend, Nicholas S ^a   Wusthoff, Courtney J ^b   Goldberg, Ethan M ^a   Dlugos, Dennis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887506570     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70246-1     Document Type: Review

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