Clinical Neurophysiologic Monitoring and Brain Injury from Cardiac Arrest

Post–Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

“…Quantitative EEG (QEEG) analysis will enable nonneurologists to use this technology at the bedside. 301,302,304 Given the capability of the EEG to monitor brain activity continuously, future research can focus on developing better methods to prognosticate early, track the brain's real-time response to therapies, help understand the impact of neurological injury caused by seizures, and develop novel treatment strategies. 209 …”

Post-cardiac arrest syndrome: Epidemiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and prognostication: A Scientific Statement from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee; the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; the Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care; the Council on Clinical Cardiology; the Council on Stroke (Part II)

“…Recent advances in the analysis of electroencephalography and continuous bedside recording have addressed many of these limitations. Quantitative EEG (QEEG) analysis will enable non-neurologists to use this technology at the bedside (Scollo-Lavizzari and Bassetti, 1987;Synek, 1990;Koenig et al, 2006). Given the capability of the EEG to monitor brain activity continuously, future research can focus on developing better methods to prognosticate early, track the brain's real-time response to therapies, help understand the impact of neurological injury caused by seizures, and develop novel treatment strategies (Rundgren et al, 2006).…”

How I Treat Patients with EEG Patterns on the Ictal–Interictal Continuum in the Neuro ICU

“…PEDs are seen in between one-fourth and one-fifth of patients in a number of acute brain injuries or epileptic patients post SE [3] and are independently associated with poor outcome [4][5][6][7]. It is unclear why PEDs are associated with poor outcome.…”