ASET Job title [11] ACNS Job title [6] Minimum education recommendations Job description Registration Neurodiagnostic Technologist I (NDT I) Neurodiagnostic Technologist I (NDT I) Associate degree or enrolled in neurodiagnostic…
Fig. 1 Schematic of typical setup for ICU EEG monitoring. The headbox and camera/audio recording equipment are located in the patient room. A bedside monitor is also located in the…
Investigator (reference) Site of stimulation Stimulation parameters Study design Number of patients Outcome measures Conclusions Theodore (2002) [83] Epileptogenic focus, as determined by EEG 1 Hz, 900 pulses; at 120…
Treatment Typical regimen Administration Cautions/contraindications Advantages Disadvantages Hypothermia Mild hypothermia to 32–35 °C for 1–3 days Endovascular or external temperature management system Concurrent use with thiopental Relatively low risk Can…
Fig. 1 Proportions of subjects with electrographic seizure, electrographic status epilepticus, and EEG-only seizures from studies in which critically ill children underwent cEEG monitoring Seizure Risk Factors Identifying children at…
Drug class Drugs Analgesics Meperidinea, opioids, tramadol Anesthetics General anesthetics Enflurane, isoflurane, sevoflurane Intravenous anesthetics Propofol, ketamine Local anesthetics Lidocaine, bupivacaine, procaine Antibiotics Beta-lactams Penicillins, cephalosporinsb (all generations),…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Aatif M. Husain and Saurabh R. Sinha (eds.)Continuous EEG Monitoring10.1007/978-3-319-31230-9_20 20. Non-neurologic Causes of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus/Nonconvulsive Seizures Yara Nazzal1 and Jennifer L. DeWolfe1 (1) Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham,…
Preexisting epilepsy Insufficient doses of AEDs Low levels of AEDs Sleep deprivation, stress, nonspecific illness Cerebrovascular disorders Ischemic stroke SAH ICH Traumatic brain injury Hypoxic-anoxic injury CNS infection Viral, bacterial,…
1. Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) of Kojevnikov (a) Rasmussen syndrome (b) Focal lesions (c) Inborn errors of energy metabolism 2. Supplementary motor area status epilepticus (a) Individual tonic motor seizures,…
Management of status epilepticus 1. In patients that present with clinical status epilepticus and do not have an improving mental status after treatment, a minimum of a routine EEG should…
