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What is the role for inpatient limited-montage EEG recording?

Should we support the attainment of a limited EEG recording such as ceribelll to support in patient the epilepsy service?
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Neurology · Stanford Health Care Stroke Center
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Unequivocal YES! For purposes of detecting severe seizures that cause brain injury (i.e., high seizure burden, status epilepticus), a reduced montage EEG is more than adequate, performs equivalently, and in fact BETTER because of the Clarity AI algorithm which continuously monitors, interprets, and alerts providers. We get lulled into thinking that a continuous full montage EEG is better for these purposes when the reality is a.) continuous recording is NOT the same as continuous monitoring and ...

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