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Prompt Diagnosis and Treatment of Subclinical Seizures After Cardiac Arrest

NCT02458820 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2019-07-09

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Summary

Non-convulsive seizures (NCS) following cardiac arrest are common and are associated with worse neurologic outcomes and increased mortality. More prolonged seizures (status epilepticus) are associated with worse outcomes. Earlier diagnosis and treatment of seizures may lead to earlier termination of seizures and decreased seizure burden.

This study will evaluate whether bedside intensive care unit (ICU) provider interpretation of a type of EEG called DSA EEG can be used by non-neurologists to diagnosis seizures more rapidly than continuous EEG's routinely read by neurologists.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

DSA EEG

Color density spectral array (DSA) is a quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) technique that uses Fourier transformation to present EEG power (amplitude2/Hz, by color) and frequency (y-axis) over time (x-axis). It is commercially available and used routinely by neurophysiologists for EEG interpretation. Up to several hours of EEG can be displayed as a single image.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-01-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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