Observational studyNeurocritical care2021
Teaching Important Basic EEG Patterns of Bedside Electroencephalography to Critical Care Staffs: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
Observational study in Neurocritical care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03545776 (Teaching the Basics of Electroencephalography to Critical Care Teams), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Teaching the Basics of Electroencephalography to Critical Care Teams
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Educational initiatives for electroencephalography in the critical care setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2021Pooled it
- Curriculum Innovation: Neurocritical Care EEG Rounds: A Model to Improve Neurology Resident EEG Interpretation.Neurology. Education · 2026Article
- Assessment of therapeutic management practices in generalized and focal motor status epilepticus: An international survey in French, Belgian, and Swiss intensive care units.Journal of intensive medicine · 2026Article
- Education Research: EEG Instruction: Findings from a Scoping Review.Neurology. Education · 2025Article
- E-Learning for Pediatric Emergency Department Staff in Point-of-Care Electroencephalogram Interpretation: Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Education Research: Current State and Effectiveness of EEG Education for Residents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neurology. Education · 2025Article
- Competence of healthcare professionals performing electroencephalography test: A systematic review.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2025Review
- Burst Suppression as a Treatment Goal in Refractory Status Epilepticus.Neurocritical care · 2024Article
- Electrophysiological monitoring of neurological functions at the acute phase of brain injury: An overview of current knowledge and future perspectives in the adult population.European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2024Review
- Continuous versus Routine Electroencephalography in the Intensive Care Unit: A Review of Current Evidence.European neurology · 2024Review
- Processed Electroencephalogram-Based Monitoring to Guide Sedation in Critically Ill Adult Patients: Recommendations from an International Expert Panel-Based Consensus.Neurocritical care · 2023Article
- A Simplified Electroencephalography Montage and Interpretation for Evaluation of Comatose Patients in the ICU.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- Nurses: The Missing Link in Continuous EEG Monitoring?Neurology. Clinical practice · 2021Article
- Electrographic Seizure Detection by Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Nurses via Bedside Real-Time Quantitative EEG.Neurology. Clinical practice · 2021Article
- Epileptic Seizures in Critically Ill Patients: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
12 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundContinuous electroencephalography (cEEG) is commonly recommended for neurocritical care patients. Routine implementation of such monitoring requires the specific training of professionals. The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training program on initiation of the basic interpretation of cEEG for critical care staff in a prospective multicenter study.
methodsAfter completion of a pretest, participants (senior physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, and nurses) recruited in six French ICUs participated in a face-to-face electroencephalogram (EEG) training program followed by additional e-learning sessions at day 1 (post-course), day 15, day 30, and day 90, based on training tests followed by illustrated and commented answers. Each test was designed to evaluate knowledge and skills through correct recognition of ten predefined EEG sequences covering the most common normal and abnormal patterns. The primary objective was to achieve a success rate > 80% correct answers at day 90 by at least 75% of the participants.
resultsAmong 250 participants, 77/108 (71.3%) who completed the full training program achieved at least 80% correct answers at day 90. Paired comparisons between the scores obtained at each evaluation showed an increase over time. The rate of correct answers at day 90 was > 80% for all common predefined EEG sequences, except for the recognition of periodic and burst-suppression patterns and reactivity, which were identified in only 42.6% (95% CI 36.4-48.8), 60.2% (54.1-66.3), and 70.4% (64.7-76.1) of the tests, respectively.
conclusionsA training strategy for the basic interpretation of EEG in ICUs, consisting of a face-to-face EEG course supplemented with reinforcement of knowledge by e-learning, was associated with significant resignation and an effectiveness of training allowing 71% of learners to accurately recognize important basic EEG patterns encountered in critically ill patients.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT03545776.
Indexed as
Identifiers
32495314What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.