Video-EEG Study of Seizure Prevalence in Comatose PICU Patients

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-9-8

Video-EEG Study of Seizure Prevalence in Comatose PICU Patients

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2010

Abstract

The prevalence of epileptic seizures (clinical and subclinical) in 100 consecutive comatose children aged 2 months to 17 years in the pediatric ICU was determined using continuous video-EEG (v-EEE) monitoring, in a prospective study at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-9-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 71 - 72

Published on: Sep 1, 2010

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Brain Dysfunction,

Epileptic Seizures,

Video-EEG

© 2010 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 9