Prediction of rhythmic and periodic EEG patterns and seizures on continuous EEG with early epileptiform discharges
| Autor: | Tilmann Kluge, Franz Fürbass, Johannes P. Koren, Christoph Baumgartner, G. Pötzl, Susanne Pirker, M. Hartmann, Johannes Herta, S. Draschtak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Critical Care Status epilepticus Electroencephalography law.invention Eeg patterns Behavioral Neuroscience Epilepsy Status Epilepticus Rhythm Predictive Value of Tests Seizures law Intensive care medicine Humans Prospective Studies medicine.diagnostic_test Incidence Glasgow Outcome Scale Uncertainty Middle Aged Prognosis medicine.disease Intensive care unit nervous system diseases Treatment Outcome Delta Rhythm Neurology Anesthesia Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Epilepsy & Behavior. 49:286-289 |
| ISSN: | 1525-5050 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.04.044 |
| Popis: | Background Continuous EEG (cEEG) is necessary to document nonconvulsive seizures (NCS), nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), as well as rhythmic and periodic EEG patterns of ‘ictal–interictal uncertainty’ (RPPIIU) including periodic discharges, rhythmic delta activity, and spike-and-wave complexes in neurological intensive care patients. However, cEEG is associated with significant recording and analysis efforts. Therefore, predictors from short-term routine EEG with a reasonably high yield are urgently needed in order to select patients for evaluation with cEEG. Objective The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic significance of early epileptiform discharges (i.e., within the first 30 min of EEG recording) on the following: (1) incidence of ictal EEG patterns and RPPIIU on subsequent cEEG, (2) occurrence of acute convulsive seizures during the ICU stay, and (3) functional outcome after 6 months of follow-up. Methods We conducted a separate analysis of the first 30 min and the remaining segments of prospective cEEG recordings according to the ACNS Standardized Critical Care EEG Terminology as well as NCS criteria and review of clinical data of 32 neurological critical care patients. Results In 17 patients with epileptiform discharges within the first 30 min of EEG (group 1), electrographic seizures were observed in 23.5% (n = 4), rhythmic or periodic EEG patterns of ‘ictal–interictal uncertainty’ in 64.7% (n = 11), and neither electrographic seizures nor RPPIIU in 11.8% (n = 2). In 15 patients with no epileptiform discharges in the first 30 min of EEG (group 2), no electrographic seizures were recorded on subsequent cEEG, RPPIIU were seen in 26.7% (n = 4), and neither electrographic seizures nor RPPIIU in 73.3% (n = 11). The incidence of EEG patterns on cEEG was significantly different between the two groups ( p = 0.008). Patients with early epileptiform discharges developed acute seizures more frequently than patients without early epileptiform discharges ( p = 0.009). Finally, functional outcome six months after discharge was significantly worse in patients with early epileptiform discharges ( p = 0.01). Conclusions Epileptiform discharges within the first 30 min of EEG recording are predictive for the occurrence of ictal EEG patterns and for RPPIIU on subsequent cEEG, for acute convulsive seizures during the ICU stay, and for a worse functional outcome after 6 months of follow-up. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Status Epilepticus. |
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