Diagnosis and interpretation of EEG on non-convulsive status epilepticus

Abstract

It is difficult to diagnose non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) clinically because of the complicated etiology and various clinical and electroencephalographic features of NCSE without a universally accepted definition. Although the diagnosis of NCSE relies largely on electroencephalogram (EEG) findings, the determination of NCSE on EEG is inevitably subjective, and the EEG changes of most patients is lack of specificity. As the diagnosis of NCSE is related to clinical and electroencephalographic manifestations, diagnostic criteria for NCSE should take into account both clinical and electroencephalographic features, and their response to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.11.005