Could EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Children Be a Cost-effective Neuroprotective Strategy?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Electrographic status epilepticus (ESE) in critically ill children is associated with unfavorable functional outcomes, but identifying candidates for ESE management requires resource-intense EEG monitoring. A cost-effectiveness analysis was performed to estimate how much ESE identification and management would need to improve patient outcomes to make EEG monitoring strategies a good value.

Methods

A decision tree was created to examine the relationships among variables important to deciding whether to perform EEG monitoring. Variable costs were estimated from their component parts, outcomes were estimated in quality-adjusted life-years, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were calculated to compare the relative values using four alternative EEG monitoring strat

SUBMITTER: Abend NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668222 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature