What's new on EEG monitoring in the ICU.
Minerva Anestesiol
; 87(10): 1139-1145, 2021 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1124950
ABSTRACT
Continuous video-EEG (cEEG, lasting hours to several days) is increasingly used in ICU patients, as it is more sensitive than routine video-EEG (rEEG, lasting 20-30 min) to detect seizures or status epilepticus, and allows more frequent changes in therapeutic regimens. However, cEEG is more resource-consuming, and its relationship to outcome compared to repeated rEEG has only been formally assessed very recently in a randomized controlled trial, which did not show any significant difference in terms of long-term mortality or functional outcome. Awaiting more refined trials, it seems therefore that using repeated rEEG in ICU patients may represent a reasonable alternative in resource-limited settings. Prolonged EEG has been used recently in patients with severe COVID-19 infection, the proportion of seizures seems albeit relatively low, and similar to ICU patients with medical conditions. As a timely EEG recording is recommended in the ICU in any case, recent technical developments may ease its use in clinical practice.
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Main subject:
COVID-19
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Minerva Anestesiol
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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