Showing papers by "Gert Pfurtscheller published in 1986"
TL;DR: Twenty patients with severe head injury and a Glasgow Coma Scale of 4-6 were subjects of a multimodality EP study and Stimulus-induced cardiac alterations were also found.
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TL;DR: All infants of the apnea syndrome-group, which had no therapy, had increased I to V interpeak latencies outside of the one-sigma level, and the six infants treated with aminophylline were within the normal range.
Abstract: Twenty-four infants aged between 6 days and 7 months and 2 infants (16 m and 3 y) were subjects of combined brain-stem auditory evoked potential and heart rate variability measurements. Ten infants had a sleep apnea syndrome and one a Near miss sudden infant death syndrome; thirteen infants formed the control group. Seventeen of the twenty-six infants had normal, age-depended brain stem potentials. All infants of the apnea syndrome-group, which had no therapy, had increased I to V interpeak latencies outside of the one-sigma level, the six infants treated with aminophylline were within the normal range. Heart rate variability measurements revealed the following mean +/- standard deviation of the control group: 4.5% +/- 1.5%; of the apnea syndrome-group without therapy: 5.4% +/- 2.0%.
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TL;DR: Continuous monitoring with so-called "compressed" BAEP broadens the scope of acute diagnosis of brain stem lesions and improves the sensitivity to centrally active drugs and metabolic influences.
Abstract: BAEP can be recorded under anesthesiologic intensive care conditions. The method does not depend on the patient's state of consciousness and is noninvasive. Observations of the course and topodiagnosis are also possible, as is an assessment of the depth of coma. The sensitivity to centrally active drugs and metabolic influences is comparatively low. For recording and evaluation of signals the specific conditions in an intensive care unit have to be taken into account, with regard to both the patients as well as the technical equipment. Continuous monitoring with so-called "compressed" BAEP broadens the scope of acute diagnosis of brain stem lesions.
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