Continuous EEG monitoring in the follow-up of convulsive status epilepticus patients: A proposal and preliminary validation of an EEG-based seizure build-up score (EaSiBUSSEs)

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Hanin, Aurélie | Demeret, Sophie | Nguyen-Michel, Vi-Huong | Lambrecq, Virginie | Navarro, Vincent

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International audience. Continuous electroencephalography (EEG) is a major tool for monitoring patients admitted to the intensive care unit after refractory convulsive status epilepticus, following control of convulsive movements. We review the values of different EEG patterns observed in critically ill patients for prognosis and seizure risk, together with proposed criteria for non-convulsive status epilepticus diagnosis (Salzburg Criteria), the EEG scores for prognosis (Epidemiology-based Mortality score in Status Epilepticus, EMSE) and for seizure risk (2HELPS2B). These criteria and scores, based partially on continuous EEG, are not tailored to repetitively monitor the progressive build-up leading to seizure or status epilepticus recurrence. Therefore, we propose a new EEG-based seizure build-up score in status epilepticus (EaSiBUSSEs), based on the morphology and the prevalence of the EEG patterns observed in the follow-up of convulsive status epilepticus patients. It displays subscores from the least (no interictal activity) to the most associated with seizures (focal or generalized status epilepticus). We then evaluated the performance of the EaSiBUSSEs in a cohort of eleven patients who were admitted to intensive care unit for convulsive status epilepticus and who underwent continuous EEG recording. The receiver operating curve revealed good accuracy in identifying patients who would have seizures in the next 24 h, with excellent intra- and inter-rater reliability. We believe that this score is simple to perform, and suitable for repeated monitoring of EEG following refractory convulsive status epilepticus, with quantitative description of major EEG changes leading to seizures.

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