Delirium screening in the intensive care unit using emerging QEEG techniques: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Delirium is an under-diagnosed yet frequently occurring clinical complication with potentially serious consequences for intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Diagnosis is currently reactive and based upon qualitative assessment of the patient's cognitive status by ICU staff. Here, we conducted a preliminary investigation into whether emerging quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG) analysis techniques can accurately discriminate between delirious and non-delirious patients in an ICU setting. Resting EEG recordings from 5 ICU patients in a state of delirium and 5 age matched control patients were analyzed using autoregressive spectral estimation for quantification of EEG power and renormalized partial directed coherence for analysis of directed functional connectivity. Delirious subjects e

SUBMITTER: Hunter A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7242058 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature