Spectral versus visual EEG analysis in mild hepatic encephalopathy.
Clin Neurophysiol
; 110(8): 1334-44, 1999 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Spectral EEG analysis has been claimed to reduce subjective variability in EEG assessment of hepatic encephalopathy and to allow the detection of mild encephalopathy.METHOD:
To test such assumptions, 43 digital EEG were recorded in 32 cirrhotics without overt encephalopathy or with grade 1 overt encephalopathy; 7 patients were re-tested (2-5 times) in their follow up. All patients underwent psychometric assessment. Nineteen controls were considered. EEG were blindly evaluated by two electroencephalographers and by spectral EEG analysis performed according to 3 different techniques.RESULTS:
The reliability of the classification based on spectral analysis (biparietal technique) was higher than that based on a three-degree qualitative visual reading (concordance/discordance = 58/4 versus 46/16 P < 0.01) and comparable with that of semiquantitative visual assessment based on posterior basic rhythm (concordance/discordance = 55/7 P = 0.5). The accuracy of spectral EEG analysis was higher than that of qualitative visual EEG readings alone (90 versus 75%) and comparable to semi-quantitative visual assessment (87%), however, statistical significance was not reached. In the follow-up, the variations of theta and delta relative power were found to be significantly correlated with psychometric variations.CONCLUSIONS:
In conclusion, spectral EEG analysis may improve the assessment of mild hepatic encephalopathy by decreasing inter-operator variability and providing reliable parameters correlated with mental status.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Encefalopatía Hepática
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Electroencefalografía
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Neurophysiol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia