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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Mar 16;41(5):458–472. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000001006

Table 2.

Indications for Continuous EEG Monitoring.

Indications %
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Indications
 Diagnosis of Nonconvulsive Seizures and Status Epilepticus 100%
 Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Events 94%
 Assessment of Efficacy of Therapy for Seizures and Status Epilepticus 92%
 Identification of Cerebral Ischemia 42%
 Monitoring of Sedation and High-Dose Suppressive Therapy 84%
 Assessment of Severity of Encephalopathy and Prognostication 86%
Other Indications
 Persistently Abnormal MS Following Convulsive Status Epilepticus 100%
 Persistently Abnormal Mental Status Following Clinically Evident Seizures (not Constituting Status Epilepticus) 98%
 Acute Supratentorial Brain Injury with Altered Mental Status 88%
 Fluctuating or Unexplained Alteration of Mental Status without Known Acute Brain Injury 96%
 Generalized, Lateralized, or Bilateral Independent Periodic Discharges on Routine EEG 72%
 Requirement for Pharmacological Paralysis and Risk for Seizures 98%
 Clinical Paroxysmal Events Suspected to be Seizures 98%
Pathways / Algorithms / Ordersets Include CEEG
 Cardiac Arrest 44%
 CAR T-Cell Therapy 14%
 Central Nervous System Infections 12%
 Congenital Heart Disease - Neonate with Surgery Requiring Bypass 36%
 Congenital Heart Disease - Neonate with Surgery Not Requiring Bypass 20%
 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation 54%
 Neuro-Inflammatory Conditions 16%
 Paralyzed Patient 22%
 Sepsis 10%
 Status Epilepticus 74%
 Stroke - Ischemic 24%
 Stroke - Hemorrhagic 24%
 Traumatic Brain Injury 38%