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8789654

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
In a retrospective study of 64 patients suffering from primary subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), the clinical grading according to Hunt and Hess as well as the initial findings of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) and median-nerve somatosensory potentials (SEP) were correlated with each other and with disease outcome to determine the prognostic value of evoked potential testing in comparison to the initial clinical grading according to Hunt and Hess. All patients were treated in a neurological intensive care unit. Normal evoked potentials usually indicate a favourable course. Alterations of SEP and BAEP increase in parallel with the severity of clinical findings. Unilateral or bilateral loss of SEP or BAEP indicates a poor prognosis. Clinical and electrophysiological findings show a close correlation, but only BAEP provide prognostic information beyond Hunt/Hess grading. In SAH patients, clinical grading was well as evoked potentials correlate significantly with outcome. Use of both clinical and EP rating improves prognostic accuracy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-6268
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
146-50, discussion 150
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic value of evoked potentials and clinical grading in primary subarachnoid haemorrhage.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article