Mu and alpha rhythm in comatose children.
Three anoxic comatose children had EEG alpha-like activity and in two of them mu rhythm was recorded. The paradoxical appearance of these electrical activities in comatose children seems to indicate a grave prognosis. A possible role for barbiturate treatment in this phenomenon is not excluded.
D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D013874:Thiopental / Q000627:therapeutic use
D013874:Thiopental