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Electroencephalography and electrocorticography

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  • EEG is used to diagnose and guide therapy in patients at risk of, or having, seizures or status epilepticus.
  • Continuous EEG (cEEG)
    • Has become more widespread with awareness that non- convulsive seizures are common after brain injury.
  • Spreading cortical depolarizations (SDs)
    • Recent data suggest that standard scalp cEEG may be able to detect SDs