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ReviewNeurology international2025

Point-of-Care Electroencephalography in Acute Neurological Care: A Narrative Review.

Roberto Fratangelo, Francesco Lolli, Maenia Scarpino, Antonello Grippo

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Review in Neurology international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Bedside EEG for rapid diagnosis of delirium.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Roberto FratangeloUOC Neurologia, Ospedale San Giuseppe, 50053 Empoli, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-5564-6331
Francesco LolliDepartment of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7181-6806
Maenia ScarpinoNeurophysiology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Antonello GrippoNeurophysiology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9997-8564

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Point-of-care electroencephalography (POC-EEG) systems are rapid-access, reduced-montage devices designed to address the limitations of conventional EEG (conv-EEG), enabling faster neurophysiological assessment in acute settings. This review evaluates their clinical impact, diagnostic performance, and feasibility in non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, and delirium. A comprehensive search of Medline, Scopus, and Embase identified 69 studies assessing 15 devices. In suspected NCSE, POC-EEG facilitates rapid seizure detection and prompt diagnosis, making it particularly effective in time-sensitive and resource-limited settings. Its after-hours availability and telemedicine integration ensure continuous coverage. AI-assisted tools enhance interpretability and accessibility, enabling use by non-experts. Despite variability in accuracy, it supports triaging, improving management, treatment decisions and outcomes while reducing hospital stays, transfers, and costs. In TBI, POC-EEG-derived quantitative EEG (qEEG) indices reliably detect structural lesions, support triage, and minimize unnecessary CT scans. They also help assess concussion severity and predict recovery. For strokes, POC-EEG aids triage by detecting large vessel occlusions (LVOs) with high feasibility in hospital and prehospital settings. In delirium, spectral analysis and AI-assisted models enhance diagnostic accuracy, broadening its clinical applications. Although POC-EEG is a promising screening tool, challenges remain in diagnostic variability, technical limitations, and AI optimization, requiring further research.

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artificial intelligencedelirium diagnosisdiagnostic accuracynon-convulsive status epilepticus managementpoint-of-care EEGportable EEG systemsrapid neurological diagnosticsstroke detectiontraumatic brain injury assessmentusability in healthcare

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PMID40278419
PMCPMC12029912

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