Rapid Response Electroencephalography for Urgent Evaluation of Patients in Community Hospital Intensive Care Practice

This study evaluated the performance of Ceribell Rapid Response EEG System (RR-EEG), which promises fast EEG acquisition and interpretation without traditional technicians or EEG-trained specialists. METHODS The new technology was tested in a community hospital intensive care unit in Northern California. Three physicians (without previous training in EEG) were trained by the manufacturer of the RR-EEG and acquired EEG without the help of any EEG technicians. Time needed from order to EEG acquisition was noted. Quality of EEG and diagnostic information obtained with the new EEG technology were evaluated and compared with the same information from conventional clinical EEG system. RESULTS Ten patients were tested with this new EEG technology, and 6 of these patients went on to have conventional EEGs when the EEG technicians arrived at the site. In these cases, the conventional EEG was significantly delayed (11.2 ± 3.6 hours) compared with RR-EEG (5.0 ± 2.4 minutes; P
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