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Emergent EEG, Indications and Diagnostic Yield Neurol 61:702-704, Varelas,P.N.,et al, 2003 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The most common reason to order the test was a change in mental status or coma (17.6%). Although EmEEG was ordered to rule out status epilepticus (SE) in 60.2% of cases, this diagnosis was made in only 10.7% of patients. The only independent predictor for SE was a history of cardiac or respiratory arrest (odds [95% CI], 6.8 [2.7 to 16.9]).

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