[Early somatosensory and auditory evoked potentials in anoxic coma. Role in evaluating and prognostic value]. / Les potentiels évoqués somesthésiques et auditifs précoces dans les comas anoxiques. Intérêt dans le bilan lésionnel et valeur pronostique.
Presse Med
; 19(4): 166-9, 1990 Feb 03.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2137601
ABSTRACT
Early somatosensory (ESEP) and auditory (EAEP) evoked potentials were recorded in 27 patients with severe coma (Glasgow score less than 5) following cardiorespiratory arrest, within the first 7 days of its course. Somatosensory responses were elicited by stimulation of the median nerve. ESEP were abolished in 17 patients due to a parietal thalamo-cortical lesion. Among these, 6 patients died within one month and 11 presented with a persistent vegetative state. In all patients EAEP were obtained, showing functional brainstem activity. Low-voltage EAEP, especially for peak V (inferior colliculus or upper part of the brainstem), was sometimes observed. One patient, in whom ESEP and EAEP were initially abolished, died rapidly. In 9 other patients scalp-recorded ESEP and EAEP were normal; all emerged from coma including 5 with good neurological recovery and 4 with neurological sequelae. Clinical, electroencephalographic and computerized tomographic data appeared to be devoid of predictive value at the same initial period. In view of their sensitivity to anoxia and to cerebral oedema, even with neurosedative drugs, ESEP seemed to be reliable in predicting outcomes and in evaluating central nervous system lesions at cortical and subcortical levels (basal ganglia and brainstem) after cardiorespiratory arrest.
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1990
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