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Rapid EEG in Community Hospital Manuscript: Rapid Response EEG For Urgent Evaluation of Patients In A Community ICU

Moussa Yazbeck, John Muir Health; Parveen Sra, John Muir Health; Josef Parvizi, Stanford University Medical Center | Accepted 19 December 2019

This report confirms the ease of use and speed of acquisition and interpretation of Rapid EEG information

• Conventional EEG was significantly delayed (11.2 ± 3.6 hours) compared with RR-EEG (5.0 ± 2.4 minutes; P < .005)
• Use of RR-EEG helped clinicians rule out status epilepticus and prevent overtreatment in 4 of 10 cases [40%]
• RR-EEG and conventional EEG systems yielded similar diagnostic information
• This report confirms the ease of use and speed of acquisition and interpretation of EEG information at a community hospital setting using an RR-EEG device. This new technology has the potential to improve emergent clinical decision making and prevent overtreatment of patients in the intensive care unit setting while empowering nursing staff with useful diagnostic information in real time and at the bedside.