Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Aug 2023
Clinical and Electroencephalographic Predictors of Seizures and Status Epilepticus in 12,450 Critically Ill Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significantly higher morbidity and mortality than isolated seizures. Our objective was to identify clinical diagnoses and rhythmic and periodic electroencephalogram patterns (RPPs) associated with SE and seizures. ⋯ Using the largest existing cEEG database, we identified specific predictors of SE (cardiac arrest, clinical seizures prior to cEEG, brain neoplasms, LPDs, GPDs, and BIRDs) and seizures (all previous and LRDA). These findings could be used to tailor cEEG monitoring for critically ill patients.