2010
Intracortical EEG for the Detection of Vasospasm in Patients with Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Stuart RM, Waziri A, Weintraub D, Schmidt MJ, Fernandez L, Helbok R, Kurtz P, Lee K, Badjatia N, Emerson R, Mayer SA, Connolly ES, Hirsch LJ, Claassen J. Intracortical EEG for the Detection of Vasospasm in Patients with Poor-Grade Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurocritical Care 2010, 13: 355-358. PMID: 20652443, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9414-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor-grade SAH patientsAlpha/delta ratioDetection of vasospasmSAH patientsPoor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhageIntracortical electroencephalographyQuantitative EEG parametersQuantitative EEG analysisAngiographic confirmationAngiographic vasospasmSubarachnoid hemorrhageSustained decreaseVasospasmPatientsBaseline EEGPercent changeDepth electrodesQEEG recordingsLarger studySurface EEGDelta ratioIntracortical EEGEEG parametersAlarm criteriaBaseline
2004
Quantitative continuous EEG for detecting delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage
Claassen J, Hirsch LJ, Kreiter KT, Du EY, Connolly ES, Emerson RG, Mayer SA. Quantitative continuous EEG for detecting delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical Neurophysiology 2004, 115: 2699-2710. PMID: 15546778, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.06.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhageDetection of DCISAH patientsSubarachnoid hemorrhageCerebral ischemiaQEEG parametersClinical examHunt-Hess grade 4Poor-grade SAH patientsPost-operative day 2Continuous EEG monitoringInitiation of interventionsAlpha/delta ratioQuantitative EEG parametersNeurological morbidityDCI patientsNeuro-ICUMedian decreasePatientsDay 1EEG monitoringDay 2Day 14Day 4Reasonable specificity