Alpha-coma: presentation retrospective de 20 cas. [Alpha coma: rectrospective presentation of 20 cases]

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Title
Alpha-coma: presentation retrospective de 20 cas. [Alpha coma: rectrospective presentation of 20 cases]
Journal
Neurophysiologie Clinique
Author(s)
Uldry  P. A., Despland  P. A., Regli  F.
ISSN
0987-7053 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/1991
Volume
21
Number
2
Pages
85-94
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English Abstract
Journal Article --- Old month value: May
Abstract
Alpha coma is a relatively rare variety of EEG resulting from diffuse cerebral anoxia, focal brainstem lesions, metabolic disturbances or intoxications. It is a monotonous, unreactive and anteriorly predominant activity of less than 50 microV and of 8 to 13 Hz. Twenty cases of alpha coma are reported: 16 resulting from anoxic encephalopathy, 2 from brain stem strokes, and 2 from metabolic encephalopathy. Cardiac arrest was the main cause of alpha coma (10 cases); a large number of patients (7 cases) died, or have survived with severe neurologic deficits (2 cases). In 2 cases there was a metabolic-toxic cause (benzodiazepines and parathion intoxication). The 2 patients with pontomesencephalic haemorrhage died. The physiopathogenicity of alpha coma, which remains obscure, is also discussed.
Keywords
Adult Aged *Alpha Rhythm Coma/etiology/*physiopathology *Electroencephalography Female Humans Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies
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