Electroencephalographic Abnormalities are Common in COVID‐19 and are Associated with Outcomes
Lin L, Al‐Faraj A, Ayub N, Bravo P, Das S, Ferlini L, Karakis I, Lee JW, Mukerji SS, Newey CR, Pathmanathan J, Abdennadher M, Casassa C, Gaspard N, Goldenholz DM, Gilmore EJ, Jing J, Kim JA, Kimchi EY, Ladha HS, Tobochnik S, Zafar S, Hirsch LJ, Westover MB, Shafi MM. Electroencephalographic Abnormalities are Common in COVID‐19 and are Associated with Outcomes. Annals Of Neurology 2021, 89: 872-883. PMID: 33704826, PMCID: PMC8104061, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonconvulsive status epilepticusElectrographic seizuresClinical outcomesEpileptiform abnormalitiesRisk factorsPresence of NCSEMultivariate Cox proportional hazards analysisMulticenter retrospective cohort studyCox proportional hazards analysisCOVID-19Retrospective cohort studyClinical risk factorsContinuous electroencephalogram monitoringAdverse clinical outcomesProportional hazards analysisCoronavirus disease 2019Ann NeurolHospital mortalityHospital lengthClinical seizuresCohort studyIndependent predictorsStatus epilepticusEEG findingsElectroencephalographic abnormalities