Electroencephalography for diagnosis and prognosis of acute encephalitis. Issue 8 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sutter, Raoul; Kaplan, Peter W.; Cervenka, Mackenzie C.; Thakur, Kiran T.; Asemota, Anthony O.; Venkatesan, Arun; Geocadin, Romergryko G.
• Is Part Of: Clinical neurophysiology. Volume 126:Issue 8(2015:Aug.)
• Page Start: 1524
• Page End: 1531
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Neurophysiology -- Periodicals; Electroencephalography -- Periodicals; Electromyography -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; 612.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2014.11.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1388-2457

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st085">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0120">EEG provides significant diagnostic and prognostic information in acute encephalitis.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0125">Periodic discharges and focal slowing were associated with <italic>Herpes Simplex</italic> encephalitis.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0130">Normal EEG was the strongest association with survival independently from possible confounders.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>