Do you think repeated routine EEG is sufficient for cardiac arrest patients or should we be always using continuous EEG?
Many recent studies cast doubt on continuous vs repeated routine EEG.
Answer from: at Academic Institution
For most patients with cardiac arrest, cEEG has not been shown to offer improved outcomes over serial routine EEGs. In cases where there are EEG patterns that suggest seizures may be occurring, such as rhythmic or periodic patterns other than low-frequency GPDs, or repetitive evolving patterns, we t...