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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurocrit Care. 2020 Jun;32(3):697–706. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-00944-0

Table 2.

Continuous EEG features

Overall prevalence of EEG patterns N (% of 143)
Electrographic seizures 24(16.8%)
Lateralized periodic discharges (LPDs) 33 (23.1%)
Bilateral independent periodic discharges (BIPDs) 6 (4.2%)
Generalized periodic discharges (GPDs) 17 (11.9%)
Lateralized rhythmic delta activity (LRDA) 23 (16.1%)
Generalized rhythmic delta activity (GRDA) 34(23.8%)
Sporadic discharges 81(56.7%)
Isolated vs. Multiple overlapping patterns N (% of 67)

Isolated electrographic seizures 4 (6.0%)
Isolated LPDs 10 (14.9%)
Isolated BIPDs 2 (3.0%)
Isolated GPDs 9 (13.4%)
Isolated LRDA 3 (4.5%)
Isolated GRDA 13 (19.4%)
Multiple patterns 39 (58.2%)
Maximum daily burden a N (% of 67)

Rare (<1%) 4 (6.0%)
Occasional (1–9%) 7 (10.4%)
Frequent (10–49%) 16 (23.9%)
Abundant (50–89%) 27 (40.3%)
Continuous (>90%) 13 (19.4%)
Maximum frequency N (% of 67)

≥ 1.5 Hz 49 (73.1%)
< 1.5 Hz 18 (26.9%)
a)

18–24 hour epoch with the maximum daily burden of EAs.

EAs: epileptiform abnormalities