How do you decide when to order an EEG to evaluate for non-convulsive status epilepticus in a patient admitted with acute encephalopathy?
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Neurology · UC Davis Health
This can be a challenging question to answer given the broad differential of acute encephalopathy and how available EEG is at your hospital. At centers with easily available EEG capabilities, the threshold to obtain an EEG will be lower. I will also assume this question is related to patients who ha...