title: Somatosensory evoked potentials, electroencephalography and CT scans in the assessment of the neurological sequelae of decompression sickness.
abstract: Decompression sickness can lead to neurological complications. Recovery may be studied by somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), which are more sensitive than normal methods of neurological examination, and by electroencephalography (EEG). The combination of EEG and SEP may be useful in differentiating among spinal, brainstem and cortical pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, Westmead Hospital, NSW.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yiannikas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed