TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - Seizures following burns of the skin. III. Electroencephalographic recordings
JO  - Diseases of the nervous system
A1  - Hughes, J. R.
A1  - Cayaffa, J. J.
A1  - Boswick, J. A.
SP  - 443
EP  - 447
VL  - 36
IS  - 8
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0012-3714
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -