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Is there a role for routine EEG in the diagnostic evaluation of critically ill comatose patients or should these patients always receive long-term continuous video EEG monitoring?

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We looked into this and found that in a non-comatose patient with no history of clinical seizures, the lack of epileptiform abnormalities on initial 30 minutes of EEG recording is associated with <5% risk for electrographic seizures suggesting that a routine EEG can be sufficient in that group (Stru...

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