title: [Application of continuous video-electroencephalographic monitoring in patients with consciousness disorders in intensive care unit].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the application value of continuous video-electroencephalographic (cVEEG) monitoring in patients with consciousness disorders in intensive care unit (ICU).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analyses were conducted for applying cVEEG in the clinical diagnosis and outcome evaluation of 54 patients with consciousness disorders in intensive care unit (ICU) at our hospital from January 2008 to April 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common cause was cerebrovascular disease (46.3%) followed by ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy after cadio-pulmonary resuscitation (18.5%). And 49 cases (90.7%) showed an abnormal background on initial cVEEG, 19 cases (35.2%) had epileptic discharge and 8 cases (14.8%) were diagnosed with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). Among 6 cases of convulsive patients, only 1 had epileptic discharge patterns of isoelectric, invariable low amplitude. Burst-suppression, persistent θ rhythm-like background activity, persistent diffuse epileptic discharge and periodic waves had high mortality rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stroke is a major cause of consciousness disorders. And continuous VEEG monitoring is beneficial for clinical diagnosis, differential diagnosis and outcome evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Hong
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authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Chunbo
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authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China; Email: liuxianzeng2004@sina.com.
authors.forename: Xianzeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Jun
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authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Yang
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authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Danqing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Jingyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Xuguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Youzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Jihong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Division of Epilepsy Center & Neurofunctional Monitoring Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing 100044, China.
authors.forename: Fengxue
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authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D003244:Consciousness Disorders; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013226:Status Epilepticus