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Reduced EEG montage has a high accuracy in the post cardiac arrest setting

Backman, Sofia LU ; Cronberg, Tobias LU ; Rosén, Ingmar LU and Westhall, Erik LU (2020) In Clinical Neurophysiology 131(9). p.2216-2223
Abstract

Objective: To study if comatose cardiac arrest patients can be assessed with a reduced number of EEG electrodes. Methods: 110 routine EEGs from 67 consecutive patients, including both hypothermic and normothermic EEGs were retrospectively assessed by three blinded EEG-experts using two different electrode montages. A standard 19-electrode-montage was compared to the reduced version of the same EEGs, down-sampled to six electrodes (F3, T3, P3, F4, T4, P4). We used intra-rater and inter-observer statistics to assess the reliability of the reduced montage for background features and discharges. Results: The reduced montage had almost perfect performance for background continuity (κ 0.80–0.88), including identification of highly malignant... (More)

Objective: To study if comatose cardiac arrest patients can be assessed with a reduced number of EEG electrodes. Methods: 110 routine EEGs from 67 consecutive patients, including both hypothermic and normothermic EEGs were retrospectively assessed by three blinded EEG-experts using two different electrode montages. A standard 19-electrode-montage was compared to the reduced version of the same EEGs, down-sampled to six electrodes (F3, T3, P3, F4, T4, P4). We used intra-rater and inter-observer statistics to assess the reliability of the reduced montage for background features and discharges. Results: The reduced montage had almost perfect performance for background continuity (κ 0.80–0.88), including identification of highly malignant backgrounds (burst-suppression/suppression) (κ 0.85–0.94) and benign backgrounds (continuous/nearly continuous) (κ 0.85–0.91). We found substantial performance for identifying rhythmic/periodic discharges (κ 0.79–0.86). The reduced montage had high accuracy for assessment of both highly malignant (sensitivity 91–95%, specificity 94–99%) and benign (sensitivity 89–98%, specificity 91–96%) backgrounds, and periodic/rhythmic patterns (sensitivity 79–100%, specificity 89–99%), compared to the full montage. The inter-observer variability was not increased by the reduced montage. Conclusion: Reduced EEG had high performance for classifying important background and discharge patterns in this post cardiac arrest cohort. Significance: Our results support the use of reduced EEG-montage for monitoring comatose cardiac arrest patients.

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Cardiac arrest, Coma, EEG monitoring, Montage, Postanoxic encephalopathy
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Clinical Neurophysiology
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10.1016/j.clinph.2020.06.021
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  author       = {{Backman, Sofia and Cronberg, Tobias and Rosén, Ingmar and Westhall, Erik}},
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  keywords     = {{Cardiac arrest; Coma; EEG monitoring; Montage; Postanoxic encephalopathy}},
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  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{2216--2223}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Clinical Neurophysiology}},
  title        = {{Reduced EEG montage has a high accuracy in the post cardiac arrest setting}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2020.06.021}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.clinph.2020.06.021}},
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