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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2012 Mar;46(3):158–161. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.12.009

Table 2.

Continuous EEG monitoring yield and non-convulsive seizure yield by monitoring strategy.

Monitoring Strategy A
Number of patients meeting EEG monitoring indication during screening month
B
% with non-convulsive seizures reported in literature
C
Average number of patients with non-convulsive seizures
C=B% of A
D
Average EEG monitoring duration (days)
E
Average EEG monitoring number of days
E=A×D
F
EEG Monitoring Yielda
F=C/E
G
Non-Convulsive Seizure Yieldb
Prolonged-Targeted 33 46%c 15.2 3.2d 106 0.14 100%c
Brief-Targeted 33 43%c 14.2 1e 33 0.43 94%c
a

EEG Monitoring Yield = Non-convulsive seizure patients detected per EEG monitoring day.

b

Non-convulsive seizure Yield = estimate of patients with non-convulsive seizures who would have non-convulsive seizures identified using this strategy based on published literature.

c

Reference 3. 46% of children undergoing EEG monitoring have non-convulsive seizures, and 100% are detected with 72 hours of monitoring. 43% of children undergoing EEG monitoring have non-convulsive seizures detected in the first 24 hours of monitoring, indicating 94% of children with non-convulsive seizures could be identified with 24 hours of monitoring.

d

Average duration of altered mental status from screening month data.

e

By definition, EEG monitoring duration is one day for the brief-targeted strategy.