Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP): What you need to know - 03/2016

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Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP): What you need to know

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Abstract

This handout explains the somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) test, which measures how fast and how well electrical impulses travel from the arms or legs to the brain and how the brain responds to these impulses.

Author

Neurodiagnostics

Publisher

University of Washington Medical Center

Date Published (original date)

1998

Revision Date

03/2016

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General Subject

Patient Care Procedures & Instructions

Diagnostic Tests

Neurological Disorders

Specific Subject/Keyword

Nervous System

Sedatives

Neurologic Diagnosis

Languages

English

Record ID

1747