A New Approach to Detect Nonconvulsive Seizures in Patients in a Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit by Monitoring Heart Rate Variability

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING (CABG) surgery has been associated with different neurologic complications such as intracerebral hemorrhage, seizures, delirium, cognitive impairment, and peripheral neuropathy.1,2 Specifically, the incidence of seizures after cardiac surgery varies between 0.5% and 7.6%.3 Seizures are due mainly to thromboembolic ischemic stroke, cerebral air embolism, or specific drugs.4 When seizures occur, recurrence rates range between 40% and 66%, and an association with an abnormal outcome has been reported.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research