title: [Contribution of the EEG and evoked potentials in the prognosis of post-anoxic comas in children].
abstract: Six children with post-anoxic coma were studied and there was evidence of preserved brainstem function together with the presence of electrocerebral activity on EEG. There is no definite prognosis with slow EEG; patients can either die, survive, but with major neurological damage, or recover completely. In that case, evoked potentials have a good prognostic value. Normal BAEP indicate that patients will survive. However, absence of the cortical component of SEP indicates major cerebral damage. Evolution towards a vegetative state can therefore be predicted.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'explorations neurologiques, Hôpital Charles-Nicolle, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parain
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Devaux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Proust
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Apport de l'EEG et des potentiels évoqués dans le pronostic des comas postanoxiques de l'enfant.