Table 1.
Variable | Total N |
No Seizures N (%) |
Electrographic Seizures N (%) |
Electrographic Status Epilepticus N (%) |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total N=200 | 200 | 116 (58%) | 41 (20.5%) | 43 (21.5%) | |
Age in Years Median [Interquartile Range] | 4.3 [1, 11.7] | 1.3 [0.4, 3.9] | 5.4 [0.6, 10] | 0.005 | |
Sex | 200 | ||||
Male | 112 | 64 (57%) | 21 (19%) | 27 (24%) | 0.54 |
Female | 88 | 52 (59%) | 20 (21%) | 16 (18%) | |
Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) III Score at 24 hours | 154 | 12 [5,22] | 8 [2,15] | 8 [5,16] | 0.16 |
Acute Neurologic Disorder Category | 0.12 | ||||
Epilepsy with altered mental status following a seizure | 41 | 18 (44%) | 13 (32%) | 10 (24%) | |
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy | 50 | 32 (64%) | 10 (20%) | 8 (16%) | |
Encephalitis | 22 | 12 (55%) | 2 (9%) | 8 (36%) | |
Traumatic Brain Injury | 19 | 13 (68%) | 1 (5%) | 5 (26%) | |
Stroke | 13 | 5 (38%) | 4 (31%) | 4 (31%) | |
Sepsis | 8 | 6 (75%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (25%) | |
Posterior Reversible Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome | 4 | 1 (25%) | 1 (25%) | 2 (50%) | |
Neurosurgical Procedure | 12 | 7 (58%) | 3 (25%) | 2 (17%) | |
Provoked Seizure | 14 | 11 (79%) | 1 (7%) | 2 (14%) | |
Systemic/Metabolic | 17 | 11 (65%) | 6 (35%) | 0 (0%) | |
Prior Normal Neurodevelopment | 124 | 70 (57%) | 25 (20%) | 29 (23%) | 0.7 |
EEG Background Category | <0.001 | ||||
Normal or Sedated-Sleep | 30 | 29 (97%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | |
Slow and Disorganized | 136 | 68 (50%) | 35(26%) | 33 (24%) | |
Discontinuous or Burst-Suppression | 23 | 9 (39%) | 4 (17%) | 10 (44%) | |
Attenuated and Featureless | 11 | 10 (91%) | 1 (9%) | 0 (0%) | |
PICU Length of Stay (days) | 200 | 6.5 [3,18] | 9 [3,22] | 7 [3,16] | 0.54 |
Hospital Length of Stay (days) | 200 | 12.5 [4.5, 33] | 17 [7, 35] | 16 [7,28] | 0.28 |
Indication for EEG Monitoring | 200 | <0.001 | |||
Acute encephalopathy with prior convulsion | 99 | 43 (43%) | 27 (27%) | 31 (31%) | |
Acute encephalopathy without prior convulsion | 100 | 73 (73%) | 14 (14%) | 12 (12%) | |
Abnormal movements or vital sign fluctuations | 200 | 0.313 | |||
Yes | 172 | 97 (57%) | 35 (20%) | 40 (23%) | |
No | 28 | 19 (68%) | 6 (21%) | 3 (11%) |