Spectrograms for Seizure Detection in Critically Ill Children

Summary:

Electrographic seizures are common in critically ill children and a significant proportion of these seizures are nonconvulsive. There is an association between electrographic seizures and neurophysiological disturbances, worse short- and long-term neurologic outcomes, and mortality in critically ill patients. In this context, timely diagnosis and treatment of electrographic seizures in critically ill children becomes important. However, most institutions lack the resources to support round-the-clock or frequent review of continuous EEG recordings causing significant delays in seizure diagnosis. Given the current gaps in review of continuous EEG across institutions globally, use of visually simplified, time-compressed quantitative EEG trends such as spectrograms has the potential to enhance timeliness of seizure diagnosis and treatment in critically ill children.

Source: Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology - March 1, 2022 Category: Neurology Tags: Invited Review Source Type: research