Alpha Coma in the EEG

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-5-6

Keywords:

Alpha-Frequency Band, Electroencephalography, Hyperosmolar Coma

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.

Published

1988-05-01

Issue

Section

Head Trauma and Coma