@article{ref1,
title="Seizures following burns of the skin. III. Electroencephalographic recordings",
journal="Diseases of the nervous system",
year="1975",
author="Hughes, J. R. and Cayaffa, J. J. and Boswick, J. A.",
volume="36",
number="8",
pages="443-447",
abstract="1. EEGs were recorded on 40 burned (acute) patients during their hospitalization. Abnormal records were seen in 88% of the 49 records, all showing slow waves and nearly 10% with epileptiform activity. EEG abnormality seems related to the combination of total body surface burned and time after burn and is maximal not immediately after the burn, but within 3-11 days after the trauma when hyperventilation, hypopotassemia and deaths tend to occur. 2. EEGs were also recorded on 27 (chronic) patients, 17 with seizures and 10 others with cognitive-behavior disorders. All showed an abnormal EEG. Patients with seizures showed slow waves in 82% of cases, often diffuse, usually more marked than those seen in the cognitive-behavior disorders; 41% of patients with seizures showed epiliptiform activity. Patients with cognitive-behavior disorders showed slow waves abnormalities, usually mild in degree of severity; positive spikes were found in patients specifically with a behavior disorder.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-3714",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}