Prognostic value of brainstem auditory evoked potentials in pediatric patients with traumatic coma.
This paper studies the auditory evoked potentials of the brainstem (BAEPs) in 30 pediatric patients with serious head trauma admitted to a particular hospital. The results have shown the importance of BAEPs especially in those patients whose prognoses are uncertain.
Nataloni
S
S
Department of Pediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Children's Hospital G. Salesi, Ancona, Italy.
Gentili
M
M
Pagni
R
R
Valente
M
M
Gentili
S
S
Ferretti
A
A
Brozzi
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000293:injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis