
Non-convulsive Seizures:
Early diagnosis and treatment needed
- About 25% of the neurological patients and cardiac arrest patients in the ICU have non-convulsive seizures 1-21
- Prolonged non-convulsive seizures lead to permanent brain injury 30-38
- Electroencephalography (EEG) is required for the diagnosis of non-convulsive seizures 6,30,39-42
- Published guidelines require EEG within 15-60 minutes when Status Epilepticus are suspected 50