Table 6.
Final Hospital Diagnosis for the Enrolled Subjects*
| Control (n = 76) | microEEG (n = 73) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | n | % | Diagnosis | n | % |
| Neurologic (seizure only) | 24 | 32 | Neurologic (seizure only) | 26 | 36 |
| Vascular (hypertensive encephalopathy, vasculitis, etc.) | 16 | 21 | Neurologic (nonseizure) | 19 | 26 |
| Stroke | 9 | 12 | |||
| Neurologic (nonseizure) | 16 | 21 | Brain tumor | 3 | 4 |
| Stroke | 7 | 9 | CNS infection | 2 | 3 |
| Brain tumor | 0 | 0 | Other neurological (e.g. dementia) | 5 | 7 |
| CNS infection | 2 | 3 | Metabolic (uremia, hepatic encephalopathy, endocrine, etc.) | 17 | 23 |
| Other neurologic (e.g., dementia) | 7 | 9 | |||
| Metabolic (uremia, hepatic encephalopathy, endocrine, etc.) | 15 | 21 | Vascular (hypertensive encephalopathy, vasculitis, etc.) | 13 | 18 |
| Non-CNS infection (e.g., sepsis) | 10 | 11 | Non-CNS infection (e.g. sepsis) | 8 | 11 |
| Respiratory (e.g. hypoxia) | 9 | 12 | Toxicologic (e.g., ethanol withdrawal/intoxication) | 7 | 10 |
| Toxicologic (e.g., ethanol withdrawal/intoxication) | 8 | 11 | Psychological (acute psychosis, catatonia, etc.) | 5 | 7 |
| Psychological (acute psychosis, catatonia, etc.) | 6 | 8 | Respiratory (e.g., hypoxia) | 3 | 4 |
| Trauma (e.g., traumatic brain injury) | 0 | 0 | Trauma (e.g., traumatic brain injury) | 1 | 1 |
| Undifferentiated AMS/Other | 20 | 26 | Undifferentiated AMS/Other | 14 | 19 |
AMS = altered mental status; CNS = central nervous system; EEG = electroencephalogram.
*
Some patients had more than one final diagnosis.