Abstract

As in adults, both clinical and subclinical seizures are common in critically ill children, yet the effect of subclinical and nonconvulsive clinical seizures in the context of severe acute illness on outcome remains unknown. To address this question, researchers conducted a relatively large, prospective, observational study of all patients admitted to pediatric and cardiac intensive care units (ICUs) at one institution who underwent continuous video electroencephalography (VEEG) monitoring during a 3-year period (2009–2012). The primary measures were seizure burden (maximum hourly percentile and total), diagnostic category …

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