Diagnostic yield of electroencephalography in the medical and surgical intensive care unit

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-341

  Kamel, Hooman ^a   Betjemann, John P ^b   Navi, Babak B ^a   Hegde, Manu ^b   Meisel, Karl ^b   Douglas, Vanja C ^b   Josephson, S Andrew ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Encephalopathy; Intensive care unit; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHIC SEIZURE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890567959     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-012-9736-7     Document Type: Article

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