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The treatment of severe human head injuries requires investigative methods to assess the clinical status, to monitor the development of the disease, and to facilitate a prediction of outcome. In addition to the neurological examination, to anatomical studies by CT or MRI, and to recordings of EEG and intracranial pressure (ICP), evoked potentials (EPs) offer further possibilities for these requirements after head injury. In nearly all patients somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) are of greater prognostic value than brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) [1,6] or visual evoked potentials [3]. Also a combination of these EP methods can be used [3].
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Lorenz, M., Gaab, M.R., Sollmann, WP. (1989). Somatosensory Evoked Potentials: Diagnostic and Prognostic Value in Head Injuries. In: Frowein, R.A., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Head Injuries. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74279-8_17
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