TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluating the utility of Rapid Response EEG in emergency care JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 923 LP - 926 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2020-210903 VL - 38 IS - 12 AU - Norah M K Wright AU - Evan S Madill AU - Derek Isenberg AU - Kapil Gururangan AU - Hannah McClellen AU - Samuel Snell AU - Mercedes P Jacobson AU - Nina T Gentile AU - Prasanthi Govindarajan Y1 - 2021/12/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/38/12/923.abstract N2 - Background Timely management of non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is critical to improving patient outcomes. However, NCSE can only be confirmed using electroencephalography (EEG), which is either significantly delayed or entirely unavailable in emergency departments (EDs). We piloted the use of a new bedside EEG device, Rapid Response EEG (Rapid-EEG, Ceribell), in the ED and evaluated its impact on seizure management when used by emergency physicians.Methods Patients who underwent Rapid-EEG to rule out NCSE were prospectively enrolled in a pilot project conducted at two ED sites (an academic hospital and a community hospital). Physicians were surveyed on the perceived impact of the device on seizure treatment and patient disposition, and we calculated physicians’ sensitivity and specificity (with 95% CI) for diagnosing NCSE using Rapid-EEG’s Brain Stethoscope function.Results Of the 38 patients enrolled, the one patient with NCSE was successfully diagnosed and treated within minutes of evaluation. Physicians reported that Rapid-EEG changed clinical management for 20 patients (53%, 95% CI 37% to 68%), primarily by ruling out seizures and avoiding antiseizure treatment escalation, and expedited disposition for 8 patients (21%, 95% CI 11% to 36%). At the community site, physicians diagnosed seizures by their sound using Brain Stethoscope with 100% sensitivity (95% CI 5% to 100%) and 92% specificity (95% CI 62% to 100%).Conclusion Rapid-EEG was successfully deployed by emergency physicians at academic and community hospitals, and the device changed management in a majority of cases. Widespread adoption of Rapid-EEG may lead to earlier diagnosis of NCSE, reduced unnecessary treatment and expedited disposition of seizure mimics.Data are available on reasonable request. The deidentified patient data have been shared with the sponsor and the investigators have access to it. This is not an open access data but we can work with our institutions to release data as needed. ER -