ArticleSeizure2020
Status epilepticus and other EEG findings in patients with COVID-19: A case series.
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- Neurological manifestations of COVID-19: a systematic review and detailed comprehension.The International journal of neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Status epilepticus and COVID-19: A systematic review.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of EEG findings in patients with COVID-19.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2021Pooled it
- EEG Signatures of COVID-19 Survival compared to close contacts and the Cuban EEG normative database.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2026Article
- Exploring the long-term effects of COVID-19 in patients with epilepsy: A multicenter Italian observational study.Epilepsia open · 2025Observational
- Point-of-Care Electroencephalography in Acute Neurological Care: A Narrative Review.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Neurological complications after COVID-19: A narrative review.eNeurologicalSci · 2023Review
- Myoclonic status epilepticus after severe hyperthermia in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019.Acute and critical care · 2023Article
- Automated Seizure Detection in Patients with Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Review of Ceribell™ Rapid-EEG Recordings.Neurocritical care · 2023Article
- Study on brain damage patterns of COVID-19 patients based on EEG signals.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 and Hypertension: Evidence Supporting Invasion into the Brain Via Baroreflex Circuitry and the Role of Imbalanced Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System.Neuroscience insights · 2023Article
- A Near-Global Slowing of Background Activity and Epileptic Discharges in Children With Mild to Moderately Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection: An Electro-Neurophysiological Study.Clinical EEG and neuroscience · 2022Article
- The value of EEG attenuation in the prediction of outcome in COVID-19 patients.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
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- Seizures and COVID-19: Results from the Spanish Society of Neurology's COVID-19 registry.Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia · 2022Observational
- EEG as an indispensable tool during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of tribulations and successes.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Status epilepticus due to COVID-19; a cases series and literature review.American journal of neurodegenerative disease · 2022Article
- Recurrent Status Epilepticus and SARS-CoV-2 infection: the "perfect storm".Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Article
- EEG Characteristics in COVID-19 Survivors and Non-survivors With Seizures and Encephalopathy.Cureus · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeNeurological manifestations of COVID-19 infection include impaired consciousness, strokes, and seizures. Limited reports describing EEG abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 have been published. These articles reported nonspecific encephalopathic patterns, epileptiform discharges, and rarely seizures. Our primary aim was to assess EEG abnormalities in patients with COVID-19 and evaluate for epileptiform activity or seizures.
methodsWe identified five critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 who underwent EEG monitoring. All patients had Ceribell™ rapid response EEG initially and two continued with conventional long-term video EEG.
resultsAll 5 patients had encephalopathy and 3 also had seizure-like movements, thus prompting EEG monitoring. EEGs all showed nonspecific markers of encephalopathy including diffuse slowing and generalized rhythmic delta activity. Two also had epileptiform discharges reaching 2-3 Hz at times, with one patient in nonconvulsive status epilepticus and the other developing clinical status epilepticus with myoclonic movements. EEG and clinical symptoms improved with anti-seizure medications.
conclusionStatus epilepticus was present in 2 out of our cohort of 5 critically ill patients who underwent EEG monitoring. These findings highlight the importance of EEG monitoring in high-risk patients with COVID-19 and encephalopathy. EEG recordings in such patients can identify pathological patterns that will benefit from treatment with anti-seizure medications.
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