Electroencephalography for diagnosis and prognosis of acute encephalitis

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1524-1531

  Sutter, Raoul ^a,b,c   Kaplan, Peter W ^b   Cervenka, Mackenzie C ^a   Thakur, Kiran T ^a   Asemota, Anthony O ^a   Venkatesan, Arun ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EEG patterns; Electroencephalography; Encephalitis; Neurocritical care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERIODIC DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGED; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84937675078     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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