Described malignant EEG patterns in previous publications | Features of the ACNS EEG terminology included in the hypotheses of the present study | Number of previous publications: | |||||
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Treated with TTM | Not treated with TTM | ||||||
FPR = 0 | FPR < 5 | FPR > 5 | FPR = 0 | FPR < 5 | FPR > 5 | ||
PPV = 100 | PPV > 95 | PPV < 95 | PPV = 100 | PPV > 95 | PPV < 95 | ||
“Burst-suppr” | Burst-suppr (suppr >50%) | 1 [35] | 0 | 1 [41] | 0 | ||
“Discontinous background with suppr >1 sec” | Discontinuous background (suppr >10%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
“Low voltage background (<20 μV)” | Low voltage background (most activity <20 μV) | 1 [33] | 1 [10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
“Alfa coma pattern” | Reversed anterior-posterior gradient | 1 [33] | 0 | 0 | 1 [45] | ||
“PDs on a flat background” | Continuous PDs and Voltage = suppressed (<10 μV) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
“Continuous Epileptiform Activity or Electrographic Status Epilepticus (broad definition)” | Abundant PDs or Abundant Polyspike-/Spike-/Sharp-and-Waves | 1 [10] | 0 | 1 [39] | 0 | 1 [38] | |
“Electrographic seizure activity” | Unequivocal seizures | 1 [33] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Unreactive background” | Reactivity absent or SIRPIDs only | 0 | 0 | 1 [39] | 0 | 1 [51] |