[An unusual cause of EEG artefact: waterbeds].
The case reported presents difficulties of interpretation of electroencephalographic recordings made on a patient lying on a fluidized bed. The moving silica grains in fluidized beds simulate pathological electrogenesis, giving diffuse slow-wave abnormalities or paroxysmal epileptiform activity. It is therefore essential that fluidized beds be switched off when recording electroencephalograms.
Brunel
M F
MF
Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Marseille-Nord.
Rey
M
M
Albanèse
J
J
Durbec
O
O
Rouzaud
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001513:Beds; D003422:Critical Care; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Une cause inhabituelle d'artéfacts des tracés EEG: le lit fluidisé.