Continuous electroencephalography predicts delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: A prospective study of diagnostic accuracy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) is a common, disabling complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Preventing DCI is a key focus of neurocritical care, but interventions carry risk and cannot be applied indiscriminately. Although retrospective studies have identified continuous electroencephalographic (cEEG) measures associated with DCI, no study has characterized the accuracy of cEEG with sufficient rigor to justify using it to triage patients to interventions or clinical trials. We therefore prospectively assessed the accuracy of cEEG for predicting DCI, following the Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.

Methods

We prospectively performed cEEG in nontraumatic, high-grade SAH patients at a single institution. The index test consisted of clinical

SUBMITTER: Rosenthal ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6021198 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature