Head Trauma and Coma

Alpha Coma in the EEG

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Abstract

Recorded EEG rhythms within the alpha-frequency band, paradoxically resembling waking patterns but in apparently comatose patients, a pattern termed alpha coma, have been reviewed over a 10 yr period in the Division of Electroencephalography, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.

Keywords:

Alpha-Frequency BandElectroencephalographyHyperosmolar Coma
  • Page/Article: 36-36
  • DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-5-6
  • Published on 1 May 1988
  • Peer Reviewed