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EEG monitoring provides essential prognostic information and detects seizures in comatose patients after cardiac arrest, though aggressive anti-seizure therapy may not improve neurological outcomes.
EEG is a useful tool for assessing hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury severity, prognostication, and seizure monitoring in comatose patients after cardiac arrest.
EEG aids HIBI prognostication and seizure monitoring post-cardiac arrest; leaves open standardized thresholds for routine clinical use.
Hypoxic–ischaemic brain injury (HIBI) is the main causeof death and disability in patients who are comatose afterreturn of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) from cardiacarrest [1]. Te electroencephalogram (EEG) is a usefultool to assess the severity of HIBI and provide prognostic information. In addition, EEG can be used to diagnoseepileptiform activity in patients with suspected seizuresand monitor the efectiveness of antiepileptic treatment.
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Sandroni et al. (2022) conducted a review in Hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury after cardiac arrest. Electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring was evaluated. EEG monitoring provides essential prognostic information and detects seizures in comatose patients after cardiac arrest, though aggressive anti-seizure therapy may not improve neurological outcomes.
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