Somatosensory evoked potentials in coma prognosis.
SEPs provide useful prognostic information regarding outcome after coma. Use of the summary data presented here should allow clinicians caring for these patients to provide families with a greater degree of certainty regarding outcome than previously has been available.
Robinson
Lawrence R
LR
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359740, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA. lorenzo@u.washington.edu
Micklesen
Paula J
PJ
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D003128:Coma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis