Book contents
- Critical Care EEG Basics
- Critical Care EEG Basics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Read This Book
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Case-Based Approach to Specific Conditions
- Chapter 9 Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE)
- Chapter 10 Management of the Ictal‐Interictal Continuum (IIC)
- Chapter 11 Seizures and Epileptiform Discharges
- Chapter 12 Seizure Mimics
- Chapter 13 Focal Lesions
- Chapter 14 Encephalopathy
- Chapter 15 Coma
- Appendix Understanding EEG Reports
- Index
- References
Chapter 15 - Coma
from Part II - Case-Based Approach to Specific Conditions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2024
Book contents
- Critical Care EEG Basics
- Critical Care EEG Basics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- How to Read This Book
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Case-Based Approach to Specific Conditions
- Chapter 9 Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE)
- Chapter 10 Management of the Ictal‐Interictal Continuum (IIC)
- Chapter 11 Seizures and Epileptiform Discharges
- Chapter 12 Seizure Mimics
- Chapter 13 Focal Lesions
- Chapter 14 Encephalopathy
- Chapter 15 Coma
- Appendix Understanding EEG Reports
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter uses a case-based approach to describe electrographic patterns associated with coma. These are rare and, though non-specific, may suggest particular underlying etiologies. The electrographic pattern of extreme delta brush (EDB) may be seen with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Alpha-coma is a pattern of continuous unreactive alpha or alpha-theta range activity that may be seen in coma after cardiac arrest or in those with pontine injury. It may resemble normal wakefulness. Spindle-coma and beta-coma are also described. Electrocerebral inactivity (ECI) is the absence of all non-artifactual electrical activity on an EEG, when recording using minimal specified technical standards in patients with cerebral death (brain death).
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- Critical Care EEG BasicsRapid Bedside EEG Reading for Acute Care Providers, pp. 204 - 210Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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