Spectrogram screening of adult EEGs is sensitive and efficient.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Quantitatively evaluate whether screening with compressed spectral arrays (CSAs) is a practical and time-effective protocol for assisting expert review of continuous EEG (cEEG) studies in hospitalized adults.

Methods

Three neurophysiologists reviewed the reported findings of the first 30 minutes of 118 cEEGs, then used CSA to guide subsequent review ("CSA-guided review" protocol). Reviewers viewed 120 seconds of raw EEG data surrounding suspicious CSA segments. The same neurophysiologists performed independent page-by-page visual interpretation ("conventional review") of all cEEGs. Independent conventional review by 2 additional, more experienced neurophysiologists served as a gold standard. We compared review times and detection rates for seizures and other pathol

SUBMITTER: Moura LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4114174 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature