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ArticleBMJ open2022

Real-time seizure detection in paediatric intensive care patients: the RESET child brain protocol.

Michaela Waak, Kristen Gibbons, Louise Sparkes, Jane Harnischfeger, Sandra Gurr, Andreas Schibler, Anthony Slater, Stephen Malone

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Article in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michaela WaakQueensland Children's Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia michaela.waak@health.qld.gov.au.ORCID 0000-0002-8317-3331
Kristen GibbonsCentre for Children's Health Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Louise SparkesQueensland Children's Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Jane HarnischfegerQueensland Children's Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Sandra GurrNeurosciences, Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Andreas SchiblerSt Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia.
Anthony SlaterQueensland Children's Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-1060
Stephen MaloneThe University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service · AUThe University of Queensland · AUSt Andrew’s Hospital · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionApproximately 20%-40% of comatose children with risk factors in intensive care have electrographic-only seizures; these go unrecognised due to the absence of continuous electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring (cEEG). Utility of cEEG with high-quality assessment is currently limited due to high-resource requirements. New software analysis tools are available to facilitate bedside cEEG assessment using quantitative EEG (QEEG) trends. The primary aim of this study is to describe accuracy of interpretation of QEEG trends by paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurses compared with cEEG assessment by neurologist (standard clinical care) in children at risk of seizures and status epilepticus utilising diagnostic test statistics. The secondary aims are to determine time to seizure detection for QEEG users compared with standard clinical care and describe impact of confounders on accuracy of seizure detection. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This will be a single-centre, prospective observational cohort study evaluating a paediatric QEEG programme utilising the full 19 electrode set. The setting will be a 36-bed quaternary PICU with medical, cardiac and general surgical cases. cEEG studies in PICU patients identified as 'at risk of seizures' will be analysed. Trained bedside clinical nurses will interpret the QEEG. Seizure events will be marked as seizures if >3 QEEG criteria occur. Post-hoc dedicated neurologists, who remain blinded to the QEEG analysis, will interpret the cEEG. Determination of standard test characteristics will assess the primary hypothesis. To calculate 95% (CIs) around the sensitivity and specificity estimates with a CI width of 10%, the sample size needed for sensitivity is 80 patients assuming each EEG will have approximately 9 to 18 1-hour epochs. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study has received approval by the Children's Health Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/19/QCHQ/58145). Results will be made available to the funders, critical care survivors and their caregivers, the relevant societies, and other researchers. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) 12621001471875.

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BrainSeizuresAustraliaChildCritical CareElectroencephalographyHumansIntensive Care UnitsMonitoring, PhysiologicObservational Studies as TopicProspective Studiesdevelopmental neurology & neurodisabilityneurological injuryneurophysiologypaediatric intensive & critical carepaediatric neurology

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PMID36691237
PMCPMC9171209
OpenAlexW4281671782

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