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Clinical Neurophysiology: Continous EEG Monitoring

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Electroencephalography (EEG) is the standard diagnostic tool when there is clinical suspicion of epileptic seizures, in particular non-convulsive seizures (NCS), which most often can only be diagnosed by EEG. By the use of continuous EEG monitoring (cEEG) performed over one to several days, it has been found that 11–18% of TBI patients had NCSs and 8% non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) (Claassen et al. 2004; Vespa 2005). Prolonged seizure activity may be harmful by causing secondary brain damage. The aim of cEEG is to diagnose these subclinical seizures and to guide the clinician in the antiepileptic treatment.

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  1. Neurofysiologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Birger Johnsen

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  1. , Department of Neurosurgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Liesvei 65, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Terje Sundstrom

  2. , Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive, Lund University Hospital, Getingevägen 4, Lund, 22185, Sweden

    Per-Olof Grände

  3. Dept. Neuroanaesthesia & Neurosurgery, Arhus University Hospital, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Niels Juul

  4. , Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Norrebrograde 44, Aarhus C, 8000, Denmark

    Carsten Kock-Jensen

  5. , Department of Neurosurgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bledgamsvej 9, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

    Bertil Romner

  6. , Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Jonas Liesvei, Bergen, 5021, Norway

    Knut Wester

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Johnsen, B. (2012). Clinical Neurophysiology: Continous EEG Monitoring. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_39

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