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Is this a seizure? What type? Status?

When is EEG Indicated for ED Patients? J. Stephen Huff, MD, FACEP Emergency Medicine and Neurology University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, Virginia. Is this a seizure? What type? Status?. Video. What is status epilepticus?. WHO - “enduring epileptic condition”

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Is this a seizure? What type? Status?

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  1. When is EEG Indicated for ED Patients?J. Stephen Huff, MD, FACEPEmergency Medicine and NeurologyUniversity of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, Virginia

  2. Is this a seizure? What type? Status? Video

  3. What is status epilepticus? WHO - “enduring epileptic condition” Traditional definitions: 30 minutes continuous seizures Series of seizures without return to full consciousness between

  4. What is status epilepticus? Simple status epilepticus (consciousness preserved): simple motor status epilepticus sensory status epilepticus aphasic status epilepticus Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (consciousness impaired; twilight or fugue): petit mal status complex partial status epilepticus

  5. What is status epilepticus? Part 2 Overt generalized convulsive status epilepticus (continuous convulsive activity and intermittent convulsive activity without regaining full consciousness): Convulsive (tonic-clonic) / tonic / clonic Myoclonic Subtle generalized convulsive status epilepticus (following generalized convulsive status epilepticus with or without motor activity)

  6. Why is status an emergency? Ongoing generalized status epilepticus Potential for neuronal damage Electrical activity alone is damaging

  7. Rationale for aggressive treatment in generalized convulsive status epilepticus The longer generalized convulsive status epilepticus persists, the harder it is to control. Neuronal damage is primarily caused by continuous excitatory activity, not systemic complications of generalized convulsive status epilepticus. Systemic complications of seizure activity, particularly hyperpyrexia, may exacerbate damage. Every seizure counts in terms of making generalized convulsive status epilepticus more difficult to control and for causing neuronal damage.

  8. Status epilepticus requiring immediate, aggressive treatment Continuous generalized convulsive activity with impaired consciousness lasting greater than 5 min* Serial seizures without return to full consciousness between seizures SGCSE epilepticus - coma with minimal or no associated motor activity: Consider if post-ictal state is not improving in 20 minutes* May evolve from GSCSE

  9. Status epilepticus that possibly benefits from aggressive treatment Evidence of CNS injury from these seizure types is not as clear…. Complex partial status epilepticus (twilight or fugue state)† † EEG may be required for diagnosis

  10. Status Epilepticus Requiring Treatment(Not time critical) Absence status epilepticus (spike-wave status epilepticus)† Simple motor status epilepticus (epilepsia partialis continua)† † EEG may be required for diagnosis

  11. When is an EEG indicated in the ED? Persistent altered consciousness* Refractory generalized convulsive status Pharmacologic paralysis Viral encephalitis Undifferentiated coma Brain death

  12. When is an EEG indicated in the ED? Multicenter Study Emergency Medicine Seizure Study Group EEG uncommonly used -local practice pattern?

  13. When is an EEG indicated in the ED? Survey of EEG labs shows: An average response time of 3 hrs Neurology consulted first No clear consensus existed

  14. When is an EEG indicated in the ED? Most compelling scenario: Generalized convulsive status epilepticus Pharmacologic paralysis Consideration of “subtle” status Patient not awakening 20-30 minutes after seizure termination

  15. EEG Problems Artifact / Interference Complex interpretation High inter-observer variability Technician intense

  16. When is an EEG indicated in the ED? Generalized convulsive status epilepticus Pharmacologic paralysis Consideration of “subtle” status Patient not awakening 20-30 minutes after seizure termination GCSE NCSE (complex partial, petit mal) Pathway-early neurologic consultation

  17. Recommendations • Class A: None specified. • Class B: None specified. • Class C: Emergency Physicians should seek prompt neurologic consultation including possible performance of an EEG in patients without improving consciousness after termination of generalized convulsive status epilepticus, in seizing patients requiring neuromuscular blockade for critical care management, in patients with refractory status epilepticus, when suspicions of subtle status epilepticus exists, or in patients with persistent altered mental status or coma when nonconvulsive status epilepticus is within the differential diagnosis. Further diagnostic testing and care must be coordinated with other physicians for these patients with conditions that will require inpatient ward or critical care admission.

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