Research Article
The Benefit of Neuromuscular Blockade in Patients with Postanoxic Myoclonus Otherwise Obscuring Continuous Electroencephalography (CEEG)
Table 2
CEEG characteristics before and after neuromuscular blockade.
| Before neuromuscular blockade | | % |
| Continuous slowing +/− myogenic artifact | 6 | 50.0 | Burst suppression +/− myogenic artifact | 5 | 41.7 | Myogenic artifact obscuring EEG | 1 | 8.3 |
| After neuromuscular blockade | | % |
| Change in CEEG interpretation | 9 | 75.0 | Patterns | | | EEG seizure | 3 | 33.3 | Lateralized slowing | 2 | 16.7 | Burst suppression | 2 | 16.7 | Generalized periodic discharges | 1 | 8.3 | Continuous slowing (obscured EEG) | 1 | 8.3 |
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