title: [Forensic application of brainstem auditory evoked potential in patients with brain concussion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate changes of brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) in patients with brain concussion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nineteen patients with brain concussion were studied with BAEP examination. The data was compared to the healthy persons reported in literatures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The abnormal rate of BAEP for patients with brain concussion was 89.5%. There was a statistically significant difference between the abnormal rate of patients and that of healthy persons (P<0.05). The abnormal rate of BAEP in the brainstem pathway for patients with brain concussion was 73.7%, indicating dysfunction of the brainstem in those patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BAEP might be helpful in forensic diagnosis of brain concussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637007, China. zxb9423@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Xing-Bin
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Sheng-Yan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Si-Xing
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ke-Xin
authors.initials: KX
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult