2022
Interrater Reliability of Expert Electroencephalographers Identifying Seizures and Rhythmic and Periodic Patterns in EEGs
Jing J, Ge W, Struck A, Fernandes M, Hong S, An S, Fatima S, Herlopian A, Karakis I, Halford J, Ng M, Johnson E, Appavu B, Sarkis R, Osman G, Kaplan P, Dhakar M, Jayagopal L, Sheikh Z, Taraschenko O, Schmitt S, Haider H, Kim J, Swisher C, Gaspard N, Cervenka M, Rodriguez Ruiz A, Lee J, Tabaeizadeh M, Gilmore E, Nordstrom K, Yoo J, Holmes M, Herman S, Williams J, Pathmanathan J, Nascimento F, Fan Z, Nasiri S, Shafi M, Cash S, Hoch D, Cole A, Rosenthal E, Zafar S, Sun J, Westover M. Interrater Reliability of Expert Electroencephalographers Identifying Seizures and Rhythmic and Periodic Patterns in EEGs. Neurology 2022, 100: e1737-e1749. PMID: 36460472, PMCID: PMC10136018, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201670.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized rhythmic delta activityLateralized rhythmic delta activityLateralized periodic dischargesRhythmic delta activityDelta activityPeriodic dischargesClass II evidencePrimary outcome measureMassachusetts General HospitalContributions of biasCritical illnessSecondary outcomesMedian ageInterrater reliability studyClinical indicationsGeneral HospitalMedian numberOutcome measuresProspective analysisExpert consensusSeizuresBrain monitoringInterrater reliabilityBrain activitySelection bias
2017
Epileptiform abnormalities predict delayed cerebral ischemia in subarachnoid hemorrhage
Kim JA, Rosenthal ES, Biswal S, Zafar S, Shenoy AV, O'Connor KL, Bechek SC, Moura J, Shafi MM, Patel AB, Cash SS, Westover MB. Epileptiform abnormalities predict delayed cerebral ischemia in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2017, 128: 1091-1099. PMID: 28258936, PMCID: PMC5476529, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.01.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebral ischemiaSubarachnoid hemorrhageRisk of DCISecondary cerebral injuryRhythmic delta activityAbnormal neural activityNew potential targetsCerebral injuryEarly patientsEpileptiform abnormalitiesMedical recordsEpileptiform dischargesRetrospective analysisHigh riskDCI developmentDelta activityPatientsNovel markerIschemiaSurvival analysis methodsCumulative probabilityPotential targetNeural activityNew markersDCI