Assessing brain function in post-traumatic coma by means of bit-mapped SEPs, BAEPs, CT, SPET and clinical scores. Prognostic implications

Severe brain injury in children: long-term outcome and its prediction using somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs)

“…They have been shown to be more powerful than electroencephalograms [24, 36±39] and are superior to clinical signs and measures such as cranial nerve and motor responses [36,40,41], and the Glasgow Coma Score [18,21,42,43]. They can also be performed in clinical situations that prevent the performance of these other tests.…”

Electrophysiological assessments of cognition and sensory processing in TBI: Applications for diagnosis, prognosis and rehabilitation

“…Cant and colleagues concluded that normal ABRs were therefore of little prognostic significance in this population. Shin et al (1989), Rappaport et al (1991a); Cusumano et al (1992), Guérit et al (1993), Keren et al (1994), Soldner et al (2001), Nölle et al (2004), andFischer et al (2008) did not find ABRs to provide useful prognostic information in assessments of patients with severe TBI. However, Ganes and Lundar (1988), Kane et al (1996), Liesiene et al (2008), andMunjal et al (2010) reported that ABR results did correlate with functional outcomes of TBI patients.…”

Approach to the comatose patient

“…CT findings are also predictive of outcome in comatose patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (55) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (109). However, when compared with electrophysiologic and clinical variables, the predictive value of CT is reported to be low (110). MRI in comatose patients may disclose pathologic changes of prognostic importance (73,74,111).…”