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