New approach in quantitative EEG monitoring of critical care patients: Neurological trending based on the ACNS terminology

Question: EEG long-term monitoring of critically ill patients has received increasing attention but the problem of time efficient evaluation and interpretation of the EEG remains. A computational method called NeuroTrend is presented that analyses the EEG in real-time according to the ACNS terminology for critically ill patients. Methods: NeuroTrend scans the EEG for periodic discharges, rhythmic delta activity, and spike-and-wave patterns and display them graphically for several hours or even days. In addition to standardized patterns unequivocal rhythmic activity above 4 Hertz is shown to support recognition o…