Optimized set of criteria for defining interictal epileptiform EEG discharges

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OBJECTIVE: To find and validate the optimal combination of criteria that define interictal epileptiform EEG discharges (IEDs). Our target was a specificity over 95%, to avoid over-reading in clinical EEG.

METHODS: We constructed 63 combinations of the six criteria from the operational definition of IEDs, recently issued in the EEG-glossary of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN). The diagnostic gold standard was derived from video-EEG recordings. In a testing EEG dataset from 100 patients, we selected the best performing combinations of criteria and then we validated them in an independent dataset from 70 patients. We compared their performance with subjective, expert-scorings and we determined inter-rater agreement (IRA).

RESULTS: Without using criteria, the specificity of expert-scorings was lower than the pre-defined threshold (86%). The best performing combination of criteria was the following: waves with spiky morphology, followed by a slow-afterwave and voltage map suggesting a source in the brain. In the validation dataset this achieved a specificity of 97% and a sensitivity of 89%. IRA was substantial.

CONCLUSIONS: The optimized set of criteria for defining IEDs has high accuracy and IRA.

SIGNIFICANCE: Using these criteria will contribute to decreasing over-reading of EEG and avoid misdiagnosis of epilepsy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

Enthalten in:

Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology - 131(2020), 9 vom: 16. Sept., Seite 2250-2254

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kural, Mustafa Aykut [VerfasserIn]
Tankisi, Hatice [VerfasserIn]
Duez, Lene [VerfasserIn]
Sejer Hansen, Vibeke [VerfasserIn]
Udupi, Aparna [VerfasserIn]
Wennberg, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Rampp, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
Larsson, Pål G [VerfasserIn]
Schulz, Reinhard [VerfasserIn]
Beniczky, Sándor [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Criteria
Definition
Diagnostic accuracy EEG
Interictal epileptiform discharges
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.05.2021

Date Revised 25.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.clinph.2020.06.026

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313067147