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6703937

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with closed head injuries who had Glasgow coma scale scores of 7 or less were studied with evoked potentials soon after trauma. Of the patients, 39 had brain-stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs); 12, stroboscopic visual evoked potentials (VEPs); and 23, short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs). Evoked potential results were graded from 1 (normal) to 4 (most abnormal). Outcomes were categorized by the Glasgow outcome scale, with good outcome and moderate disability further classified as "favorable" and severe disability, vegetative state, and death as "unfavorable." The BAEPs and VEPs were reliable predictors of an unfavorable but not a favorable outcome. The SSEPs reliably predicted both kinds of outcomes. No instances of "false pessimism" were encountered in any modality. Evoked potential results were more reliable than intracranial pressure, pupillary light reaction, or motor findings in predicting outcome. Frequent occurrence of peripheral auditory injuries was shown.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0003-9942
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Multimodality evoked potentials in closed head trauma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article