EEG background features that predict outcome in term neonates with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: A structured review

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 285-296

  Awal, Md Abdul ^a,b   Lai, Melissa M ^a,b   Azemi, Ghasem ^c   Boashash, Boualem ^a,b,d   Colditz, Paul B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Qatar University   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Background features; EEG; HIE; Hypothermia; Meta analysis; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Newborn; Structured review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; TERM BIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TERM BIRTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931072953     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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