Amplitude Integrated EEG: The Child Neurologist’s Perspective

HC, Glass; CJ, Wusthoff; RA, Shellhaas

Abstract:

Neurologists increasingly recognize that critically ill patients are at high risk for seizures - particularly non-convulsive seizures - and that neuromonitoring is a useful tool for diagnosing seizures and assessing brain function in these patients. Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography (aEEG) is a simplified bedside neurophysiology tool that has become widely used in neonates over the past decade. Despite widespread interest by both neurologists and neonatologists in continuous brain monitoring, aEEG has been largely ignored by neurologists, forcing neonatologists to “go it alone” when interpreting data from this bedside tool. Although aEEG cannot replace conventional EEG for background monitoring and detection of seizures, it remains a useful instrument that complements conventional EEG, is being widely adopted by neonatologists, and should be supported by neonatal neurologists.

Patologie/Applicazioni:

• Monitoraggio neonatale-CFM

Anno:

2014

Tipo di pubblicazione:

Articolo

Parola chiave:

monitoraggio neonatale; disfunzioni cerebrali neonatali; EEG

Testata scientifica:

HHS Public Access

Nota:

L'uso efficace di un'aEEG (elettroencefalografia integrata in ampiezza) avvantaggia i neurologi in molti modi: l'aEEG può essere utilizzata per valutare i cambiamenti nell'encefalopatia nel tempo e fornisce utili informazioni prognostiche per molti neonati, oltre a identificare molte convulsioni.

DOI:

10.1177/0883073813488663