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Electroencephalogram Monitoring in Critical Care
- Source :
- Semin Neurol
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Seizures are common in critically ill patients. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a tool that enables clinicians to provide continuous brain monitoring and to guide treatment decisions—brain telemetry. EEG monitoring has particular utility in the intensive care unit as most seizures in this setting are nonconvulsive. Despite the increased use of EEG monitoring in the critical care unit, it remains underutilized. In this review, we summarize the utility of EEG and different EEG modalities to monitor patients in the critical care setting.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Critical Care
MEDLINE
Electroencephalography
Article
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Seizures
law
Telemetry
medicine
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Modalities
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Critically ill
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Neurophysiological Monitoring
Intensive care unit
Review article
Intensive Care Units
Neurology
Neurology (clinical)
business
Eeg monitoring
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10989021 and 02718235
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Seminars in Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1d9318ad93764fdcbfca4946de1fb37f