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J Clin Neurophysiol · Oct 2014
An audit of continuous EEG monitoring in the neurological-neurosurgical intensive care unit.
- Nitin K Sethi, Beth S Rapaport, and Gail E Solomon.
- Department of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- J Clin Neurophysiol. 2014 Oct 1; 31 (5): 416-7.
PurposeThe use of long-term continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring in neurological-neurosurgical intensive care units (NSICU) has witnessed an exponential increase. We decided to do an audit of the long-term cEEG monitoring in our NSICU over the past 7 years (2005-2011). The study was performed to determine technical and staffing consideration for the future.MethodsAn audit of all long-term cEEG monitoring studies in our NSICU from 2005 through 2011.ResultsWe found a dramatic increase in the use of the cEEG monitoring in our NSICU over the 7-year period.ConclusionsThe use of long-term cEEG monitoring in the NSICU is expected to further increase in the coming years. Stricter clinical criteria for undertaking cEEG recordings are likely to increase the role and usefulness of this procedure.
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