Multimodality evoked potentials and early prognosis in comatose patients
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Neurosurgical Review
- Vol. 13 (2) , 141-146
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00383655
Abstract
In 112 comatose patients somatosensory, visual and auditory evoked potentials were registered within 36 hours after the onset of coma or admission. Main causes of coma were head injury, and intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage. The initial bilateral loss of any evoked potential was associated with a mortality of 98%. Normal somatosensory evoked potentials were associated with a survival rate of 74%, while normal visual and normal auditory evoked potentials had a survival rate of 60% and 66%, respectively. It is concluded that SEPs can be valuable for the prognosis of coma after primary brain lesions.Keywords
This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
- The assessment of severe head injury by short-latency somatosensory and brain-stem auditory evoked potentialsElectroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section, 1986
- Is the auditory brain-stem response (ABR) effective in the assessment of post-traumatic coma?Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section, 1985
- Auditory short, middle, and long latency responses in acutely comatose patientsThe Laryngoscope, 1985
- Multimodality Evoked Potentials in Closed Head TraumaArchives of Neurology, 1984
- Localizing and prognostic value of auditory evoked responses in coma after closed head injuryNeurology, 1982
- Prognostic implications of early multimodality evoked potentials in severely head-injured patientsJournal of Neurosurgery, 1981
- Central somatosensory conduction time in comatose patientsAnnals of Neurology, 1979
- Somatosensory evoked potentials for the prognosis of coma in humansExperimental Neurology, 1978
- Evaluation of brain function in severe human head trauma with multimodality evoked potentialsJournal of Neurosurgery, 1977
- Classification of comaActa Neurochirurgica, 1976