The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
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J Assoc Physicians India · Mar 2000
Brainstem auditory evoked potentials and somatosensory evoked potentials in cerebral malaria--a prognostic significance.
To study the changes in brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) in cerebral malaria and to see their prognostic significance. ⋯ The values of BAEPs and SSEPs were abnormal in patients of cerebral malaria and it was observed that BAEPs/SSEPs alone was not useful for predicting the outcome of coma, whereas abnormalities in both was predictive of worst prognosis. The changes in evoked potentials (BAEPs and SSEPs) could be due to either interruption of conduction in central pathways because of structural changes due to petechial hemorrhages and malarial granuloma at multiple levels in the brain including brainstem or due to metabolic abnormalities.