Median SSEP changes in XXXX : long-term predictive values regarding ADL recovery.

@entity1 @entity4798 @entity1158 @entity64 @entity548 @entity2500 @entity1269 @entity1188
OBJECTIVE: To assess the predictive value of median somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP) in the acute phase of @entity4798 or @entity548 regarding long-term prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety-four @entity64 @entity1 mean age 61.2, SD 11.8) were included. CT confirmed diagnoses were: cortical @entity2500 in 35; subcortical MCA 11; mixed 25. By size, @entity1188 were: massive, 29; restricted, 33; and lacunar, 9. The number of @entity1 with @entity548 was 8; putamenal @entity548 , 7; other, 8. All @entity1 presented with severe @entity1269 (54) or @entity1158 (40) with hemihipoesthesia in 89 @entity1 . Median SSEP were recorded early (up to 7th day, mean 5.2 days, SD 0.72). SSEP parameters (presence/absence of SSEP, absolute and relative latency, amplitude of early waveforms) were compared to motor (Medical Research Council scale) and functional ability (Barthel index) at 3 and 12 months after @entity64 . RESULTS: Absolute N20 amplitudes and amplitude ratio evidenced almost similar predictive values that reached 66.4% at 12 months. Combined application of N20 and MRC gains provided significantly stronger prognostic information which reached 72%. CONCLUSIONS: Median SSEP parameters may serve as independent predictors of outcome. Most informative in prognosis in the early stage of @entity64 was the combined assessment of MRC and N20-P25 amplitude ratio.
