Continuous vs Routine Electroencephalogram in Critically Ill Adults With Altered Consciousness and No Recent Seizure: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In critically ill patients with altered consciousness, continuous electroencephalogram (cEEG) improves seizure detection, but is resource-consuming compared with routine EEG (rEEG). It is also uncertain whether cEEG has an effect on outcome.

Objective

To assess whether cEEG is associated with reduced mortality compared with rEEG.

Design, setting, and participants

The pragmatic multicenter Continuous EEG Randomized Trial in Adults (CERTA) was conducted between 2017 and 2018, with follow-up of 6 months. Outcomes were assessed by interviewers blinded to interventions.The study took place at 4 tertiary hospitals in Switzerland (intensive and intermediate care units). Depending on investigators' availability, we pragmatically recruited critically ill adults havi

SUBMITTER: Rossetti AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385681 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature