Electroencephalogram

Among patients being weaned from prolonged ventilation in a long-term acute care facility, nearly all of those with atypical sleep electroencephalogram patterns failed to wean, according to results published in CHEST.

A biotechnology company has announced a partnership with a precision biomedicine firm to advance the use of electroencephalogram biomarkers across its clinical pipeline in neuropsychiatry and cognition.

In this edition, FDA approves supplemental new drug application for Rexulti, early amyloid PET provides high diagnostic confidence, Leqembi reduced biomarkers of Alzheimer’s and more.

Treatment of rhythmic and periodic EEG patterns with anti-seizure medications in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest.

Intensive anti-seizure treatment suppressing rhythmic and periodic electroencephalographic patterns in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest did not result in fewer poor outcomes at 3 months vs. standard treatment, researchers reported.

Health care technology firm Brain Scientific Inc. has announced that LOK Corporation will oversee its U.S. and global distribution network to promote and distribute its neurological instruments.

In a video interview with Healio, Lyons Hardy, MS, RN, P-MHNP, discussed a presentation on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, or PNES, given at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Annual Conference.

Network functional connectivity analyses based on electroencephalography, or EEG, effectively differentiate between responses to an antidepressant vs. placebo, according to results of a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers noted that this ability to differentiate may help establish a placebo signature in clinical trials through an alternative direction.