Electroencephalographic monitoring in the pediatric intensive care unit.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2013
Abstract
Continuous electroencephalographic (CEEG) monitoring is used with increasing frequency in critically ill children to provide insight into brain function and to identify electrographic seizures. CEEG monitoring use often impacts clinical management, most often by identifying electrographic seizures and status epilepticus. Most electrographic seizures have no clinical correlate, and thus would not be identified without CEEG monitoring. There are increasing data showing that electrographic seizures and electrographic status epilepticus are associated with worse outcome. Seizure identification efficiency may be improved by further development of quantitative electroencephalography trends. This review describes the clinical impact of CEEG data, the epidemiology of electrographic seizures and status epilepticus, the impact of electrographic seizures on outcome, the utility of quantitative electroencephalographic trends for seizure identification, and practical considerations regarding CEEG monitoring.
Volume
13
Issue
3
First Page
330
Last Page
330
ISSN
1534-6293
Published In/Presented At
Abend, N. S., Chapman, K. E., Gallentine, W. B., Goldstein, J., Hyslop, A. E., Loddenkemper, T., Nash, K. B., Riviello, J. J., Jr, Hahn, C. D., & Pediatric Critical Care EEG Group (PCCEG) and the Critical Care EEG Monitoring Research Consortium (CCEMRC) (2013). Electroencephalographic monitoring in the pediatric intensive care unit. Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 13(3), 330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-012-0330-3
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
23335026
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article