EEG University

Continuous Electroencephalographic Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients With Central Nervous System Infections

American Medical Association | Accepted 4 August 2008

In patients with central nervous system infections undergoing continuous electroencephalographic monitoring, ESz and/or PEDs were frequent, occurring in 48% of our cohort. More than half of the ESz had no clinical correlate. Both ESz and PEDs were independently associated with poor outcome. Additional studies are needed to determine whether prevention or treatment of these electrographic findings improves outcome.