Application of electroencephalogram in pediatric intensive care / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Continuous electroencephalogram(cEEG) was used to evaluate the degree and prognosis of brain function injury, to find epileptic seizures and non-convulsive status epilepticus, to monitor the response of anticonvulsant drugs and hypothermia,and to identify non-epileptic events in coma patients in ICU. The condition of critical children in PICU is more complex, and the interpretation of cEEG results requires the full communication and close cooperation between neuroelectrophysiological professionals and ICU doctors. Amplitude integrated electroencephalogram is a real-time and intuitive method,which is relative-ly easy to be grasped by the PICU staff and help to timely detection and treatment of some severe illness change,so it is an important supplement to cEEG,but cannot replace the original EEG analysis.