EEG monitoring in the intensive care unit
- Author:
John W. Dunne
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Neurology Asia
2013;18(s1):19-21
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Performing EEG in the intensive care unit (ICU) has many technical, environmental and resourcerelated
challenges. Recording audio and video with EEG is always preferable for recognising artifacts
and stimulus-evoked changes. Non-epileptic movements are very common is the critically ill, and
their recognition prevents inappropriate overuse of AEDs. Nonconvulsive status defi ned by EEG is
commonly detected in the ICU by continuous EEG monitoring. It is unknown whether such EEG
fi ndings are a cause or consequence of coma, or whether they worsen or simply refl ect outcome. EEG
is the fi rst and only real-time monitor of epileptic seizures, and continues to be a powerful measure
of cerebral function in the seriously ill.
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