The Benefit of Neuromuscular Blockade in Patients with Postanoxic Myoclonus Otherwise Obscuring Continuous Electroencephalography (CEEG)

Introduction. Myoclonus status epilepticus is independently associated with poor outcome in coma patients after cardiac arrest. Determining if myoclonus is of cortical origin on continuous electroencephalography (CEEG) can be difficult secondary to the muscle artifact obscuring the underlying CEEG....

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Main Authors: Christopher R. Newey, Alejandro Hornik, Meziane Guerch, Anantha Veripuram, Sushma Yerram, Agnieszka Ardelt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Critical Care Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2504058