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Comparison of Continuous Intracortical and Scalp Electroencephalography in Comatose Patients with Acute Brain Injury

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  • Fanjul-Vélez F
  • Arce-Diego JL

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BackgroundDepth electroencephalography (dEEG) is a recent invasive monitoring technique used in patients with acute brain injury. This study aimed to describe in detail the clinical manifestations of nonconvulsive seizures (NCSzs) with and without a surface EEG correlate, analyze their long-standing effects, and provide data that contribute to understanding the significance of certain scalp EEG patterns observed in critically ill patients.MethodsWe prospectively enrolled a cohort of 33 adults with severe acute brain injury admitted to the neurological intensive care unit. All of them underwent multimodal invasive monitoring, including dEEG. All patients were scanned on a 3T magnetic resonance imaging scanner at 6 months after hospital discharge, and mesial temporal atrophy (MTA) was calculated using a visual scale.ResultsIn 21 (65.6%) of 32 study participants, highly epileptiform intracortical patterns were observed. A total of 11 (34.3%) patients had electrographic or electroclinical seizures in the dEEG, of whom 8 had both spontaneous and stimulus-induced (SI) seizures, and 3 patients had only spontaneous intracortical seizures. An unequivocal ictal scalp correlate was observed in only 3 (27.2%) of the 11 study participants. SI-NCSzs occurred during nursing care, medical procedures, and family visits. Subtle clinical manifestations, such as restlessness, purposeless stereotyped movements of the upper limbs, ventilation disturbances, jerks, head movements, hyperextension posturing, chewing, and oroalimentary automatisms, occurred during intracortical electroclinical seizures. MTA was detected in 18 (81.8%) of the 22 patients. There were no statistically significant differences between patients with MTA with and without seizures or status epilepticus.ConclusionsMost NCSzs in critically ill comatose patients remain undetectable on scalp EEG. SI-NCSzs frequently occur during nursing care, medical procedures, and family visits. Semiology of NCSzs included ictal minor signs and subtle symptoms, such as breathing pattern changes manifested as patient-ventilator dyssynchrony.

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ISSN/ISSNe:
1541-6933, 1556-0961

Neurocritical Care  HUMANA PRESS INC

Tipo:
Article
Páginas:
903-915
PubMed:
38918336
Factor de Impacto:
0,000 SCImago ℠

Citas Recibidas en Web of Science: 4

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Keywords

  • Nonconvulsive seizures; Intracortical electroencephalography; Depth electroencephalography; Critically ill patients; Mesial temporal atrophy; Electrographic seizures; Stimulus-induced seizures

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Electroencefalografía intracortical en pacientes en coma con daño cerebral agudo

Investigador Principal: José Luis Fernández Torre

PI17/00156 . INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III. . 2018

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