2012 NCS Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Status Epilepticus

"Continuous EEG monitoring should be initiated within 1 h of SE onset if ongoing seizures are suspected."

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2020 AHA CPR and ECC Guidelines and 2023 AHA CPR and ECC Guidelines Update

"Much of post-arrest care focuses on mitigating injury to the brain. Possible contributors to this goal include [...] detection and treatment of seizures."

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2022 Joint Commission Requirements, Rationale, and References Report on Resuscitation Standards for Hospitals

"The Joint Commission technical advisory panel on resuscitation and the 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care strongly recommended the implementation of comprehensive, structured, and multidisciplinary protocols of care to optimize survival and neurological outcome."
"Comprehensive post-cardiac arrest care is necessary to address the systemic effects of the ischemia-reperfusion injury following cardiac arrest. Growing evidence suggests that it is critical for both patient survival and optimal neurological outcome."

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2021 AHA/ASA Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statement for Care of the Patient with Acute Ischemic Stroke

"Neurological complications, including [...] poststroke seizures result in early neurological deterioration, associated with poor outcomes."

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2022 AHA/ASA Guideline for the Management of Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage

"New-onset seizures in the context of spontaneous ICH are relatively common [...] and most of these seizures occur within the first 24 hours of the hemorrhage."

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2023 AHA/ASA Guideline for the Management of Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

"Monitoring with continuous EEG can detect nonconvulsive seizures, especially in patients with depressed consciousness or fluctuating neurological examination."

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2015 ACNS Consensus Statement on Continuous EEG in Critically Ill Adults and Children

"CCEEG has an important role in detection of secondary injuries such as seizures and ischemia in critically ill adults and children with altered mental status."

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2014 NCS Consensus Summary Statement of the International Multidisciplinary Consensus Conference on Multimodality Monitoring in Neurocritical Care

"We recommend EEG in all patients with ABI [Acute Brain Injury] and unexplained and persistent altered consciousness [...and] in patients with cSE that do not return to functional baseline within 60 minutes after seizure medication."

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