Open AccessEvoked potential studies for predicting functional recovery in a case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy
Author(s) -
Onozawa Yuya,
Iwasaki Toshiyuki,
Iizuka Takahiro,
oda Yutaka,
Toki Taira,
Obata Susumu,
Munekata Shinichi,
Kanoh Yuhsaku
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1473
Subject(s) - medicine , coma (optics) , encephalopathy , evoked potential , functional impairment , disease , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , audiology , physics , optics
Key Clinical Message Normal‐appearing evoked potentials during the acute stage of the disease despite persistent coma may predict subsequent functional recovery of the brain in a pediatric case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy, indicating that evoked potential studies are useful for predicting functional outcome of the brain.