2020
Evaluating the Clinical Impact of Rapid Response Electroencephalography: The DECIDE Multicenter Prospective Observational Clinical Study.
Vespa PM, Olson DM, John S, Hobbs KS, Gururangan K, Nie K, Desai MJ, Markert M, Parvizi J, Bleck TP, Hirsch LJ, Westover MB. Evaluating the Clinical Impact of Rapid Response Electroencephalography: The DECIDE Multicenter Prospective Observational Clinical Study. Critical Care Medicine 2020, 48: 1249-1257. PMID: 32618687, PMCID: PMC7735649, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonconvulsive seizuresSeizure diagnosisTreatment planProspective observational clinical studyDiagnostic assessmentObservational clinical studyAssessment of patientsCritical care settingSerious adverse effectsTherapeutic decision makingProspective multicenterSecondary outcomesICU patientsPrimary outcomeStatus epilepticusHigh suspicionElectroencephalography assessmentAcademic hospitalBedside assessmentClinical impactClinical studiesObservational studyCare settingsPhysician confidencePatients
2018
EEG Reactivity Evaluation Practices for Adult and Pediatric Hypoxic-Ischemic Coma Prognostication in North America
Amorim E, Gilmore EJ, Abend NS, Hahn CD, Gaspard N, Herman ST, Hirsch LJ, Lee JW, Cash SS, Westover MB. EEG Reactivity Evaluation Practices for Adult and Pediatric Hypoxic-Ischemic Coma Prognostication in North America. Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2018, 35: 510-514. PMID: 30216207, PMCID: PMC6424574, DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac arrest prognosticationAcademic hospitalCritical Care EEG Monitoring Research ConsortiumNail bed pressureLight tactile stimuliMajority of hospitalsNeurodiagnostic technologistsPercent of respondentsPediatric hospitalMultiple-choice surveyPractice patternsEEG reactivityNational guidelinesComa prognosticationHospitalProcedure modalitiesReactivity testingPrognosticationEEG amplitudeMean numberTactile stimuliResearch ConsortiumSubstantial variabilityReactivity evaluationHypothermia