American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Guideline 6: Minimum Technical Standards for EEG Recording in Suspected Cerebral Death

Mark M Stecker; Dragos Sabau; Lucy Sullivan; Rohit R Das; Olga Selioutski; Frank W Drislane; Tammy N Tsuchida; William O Tatum 4th

doi:10.1097/WNP.0000000000000322

American Clinical Neurophysiology Society Guideline 6: Minimum Technical Standards for EEG Recording in Suspected Cerebral Death

J Clin Neurophysiol. 2016 Aug;33(4):324-7. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000322.

Authors

Mark M Stecker¹, Dragos Sabau, Lucy Sullivan, Rohit R Das, Olga Selioutski, Frank W Drislane, Tammy N Tsuchida, William O Tatum 4th

Affiliation

¹ *Department of Neuroscience, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY, U.S.A.; †Department of Clinical Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Health Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.; ‡RSC Diagnostic Services, Richardson, TX, U.S.A.; §Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.; ‖Department of Health Services Research Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.; ¶Strong Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.; #Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, U.S.A.; **Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, U.S.A.; ††Division of Neurophysiology, Epilepsy and Critical Care in Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Washington, DC, U.S.A.; and ‡‡Department of Neurology, Mayo College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.

PMID: 27482789
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000322

Abstract

This revision to the EEG Guidelines is an update incorporating current EEG technology and practice. The role of the EEG in making the determination of brain death is discussed as are suggested technical criteria for making the diagnosis of electrocerebral inactivity.

MeSH terms

Brain Death / diagnosis*
Electroencephalography / standards*
Humans
Neurophysiology / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards*
Societies, Medical / standards*
United States