Title
Development and validation of a seizure prediction model in critically ill children
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract
© 2014 British Epilepsy Association. Purpose Electrographic seizures are common in encephalopathic critically ill children, but identification requires continuous EEG monitoring (CEEG). Development of a seizure prediction model would enable more efficient use of limited CEEG resources. We aimed to develop and validate a seizure prediction model for use among encephalopathic critically ill children. Method We developed a seizure prediction model using a retrospectively acquired multi-center database of children with acute encephalopathy without an epilepsy diagnosis, who underwent clinically indicated CEEG. We performed model validation using a separate prospectively acquired single center database. Predictor variables were chosen to be readily available to clinicians prior to the onset of CEEG and included: age, etiology category, clinical seizures prior to CEEG, initial EEG background category, and inter-ictal discharge category. Results The model has fair to good discrimination ability and overall performance. At the optimal cut-off point in the validation dataset, the model has a sensitivity of 59% and a specificity of 81%. Varied cut-off points could be chosen to optimize sensitivity or specificity depending on available CEEG resources. Conclusion Despite inherent variability between centers, a model developed using multi-center CEEG data and few readily available variables could guide the use of limited CEEG resources when applied at a single center. Depending on CEEG resources, centers could choose lower cut-off points to maximize identification of all patients with seizures (but with more patients monitored) or higher cut-off points to reduce resource utilization by reducing monitoring of lower risk patients (but with failure to identify some patients with seizures).
Recommended Citation
Yang, Amy; Arndt, Daniel H.; Berg, Robert A.; Carpenter, Jessica L.; Chapman, Kevin E.; Dlugos, Dennis J.; Gallentine, William B.; Giza, Christopher C.; Goldstein, Joshua L.; Hahn, Cecil D.; Lerner, Jason T.; Loddenkemper, Tobias; Matsumoto, Joyce H.; Nash, Kendall B.; Payne, Eric T.; Sánchez Fernández, Iván; Shults, Justine; Topjian, Alexis A.; Williams, Korwyn; Wusthoff, Courtney J.; and Abend, Nicholas S., "Development and validation of a seizure prediction model in critically ill children" (2015). Articles. 4.
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