Audio seizure assessment method may avoid major harm to the brain

Audio seizure assessment method may avoid major harm to the brain

US: A new assessment method converts patients’ brain waves into sound

Ongoing seizures in comatose patients can be detected through a new method that converts patients' brain waves into sound.

Traditionally, only specially trained physicians can visually assess waveforms that indicate a seizure. However, individuals without electroencephalogram (EEG) training can now step in and quickly assess patients whenever an EEG specialist is not readily available.

Dr Josef Parvizi, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University Medical Center and lead author of the new Epilepsia study, believes the method may help avoid significant damage to the brain caused by continuous seizures.

"The majority of seizures in critically ill patients are non-convulsive and many comatose patients do not recover because their brains keep seizing,” he explained.  

“Kids with these silent seizures, if they survive, will leave the hospitals with major cognitive impairment.”

Dr Parvizi added that if detected in time, these seizures can be treated quickly and patients can recover without major harm to their brain.

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