Forensic application of brainstem auditory evoked potential in patients with brain concussion
Zheng, X.-B.; Li, S.-Y.; Huang, S.-X.; Ma, K.-X.
Fa Yi Xue Za Zhi 24(6): 433
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1004-5619 PMID: 19241970 Document Number: 616011
To investigate changes of brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) in patients with brain concussion. Nineteen patients with brain concussion were studied with BAEP examination. The data was compared to the healthy persons reported in literatures. The abnormal rate of BAEP for patients with brain concussion was 89.5%. There was a statistically significant difference between the abnormal rate of patients and that of healthy persons (P<0.05). The abnormal rate of BAEP in the brainstem pathway for patients with brain concussion was 73.7%, indicating dysfunction of the brainstem in those patients. BAEP might be helpful in forensic diagnosis of brain concussion.