title: Visual evoked response in head trauma: pattern-shift stimulus.
abstract: Studies of visual evoked potentials in head injuries have all utilized the flash stimulus. We studied the efficacy of monocular pattern-shift visual evoked potentials (PSVEPs) in eliciting residual dysfunction of the visual pathways in 33 patients 6 to 24 months after head injury. Those with ocular trauma or ocular pathology were not included. Abnormal PSVEPs were seen in one-third of 33 head-injured patients. Only 1 (11%) of 9 patients with mild cognitive impairment had abnormal PSVEPs compared with 7 (39%) of 18 with moderate and 3 (50%) of 6 with severe cognitive impairment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology