2021
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
2017
Time‐dependent risk of seizures in critically ill patients on continuous electroencephalogram
Struck AF, Osman G, Rampal N, Biswal S, Legros B, Hirsch LJ, Westover MB, Gaspard N. Time‐dependent risk of seizures in critically ill patients on continuous electroencephalogram. Annals Of Neurology 2017, 82: 177-185. PMID: 28681492, PMCID: PMC5842678, DOI: 10.1002/ana.24985.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpileptiform EEG abnormalitiesClinical factorsIll patientsEpileptiform findingsRisk factorsEEG abnormalitiesEEG risk factorsClinical risk factorsRisk of seizuresHistory of seizuresPresence of comaDuration of monitoringGreater predictive valueTime-dependent riskAnn NeurolSeizure incidenceAcute illnessPrior seizuresClinical variablesEEG findingsProspective dataSeizure riskBaseline riskMultistate survival modelsPredictive value