Outcomes of patients with altered level of consciousness and abnormal electroencephalogram: A retrospective cohort study.

Nonconvulsive seizures (NCS) are frequent in hospitalized patients and may further aggravate injury in the already damaged brain, potentially worsening outcomes in encephalopathic patients. Therefore, both early seizure recognition and treatment have been advocated to prevent further neurological da...

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Main Authors: Paula Rodrigues Sanches, Thiago Domingos Corrêa, Taissa Ferrari-Marinho, Pedro Vicente Ferreira Naves, Carol Ladeia-Frota, Luís Otávio Caboclo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5590878?pdf=render