ABSTRACT
The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a long-used tool assisting health care providers
with the diagnosis, management, and treatment of various neurological disorders. This
article highlights several scenarios in which a consultant may utilize the routine
EEG in managing specific neurological cases. Eight case scenarios from a tertiary
referral hospital are presented for the reader's consideration. Scenarios selected
are new-onset seizures, encephalopathy, syncope, dementia, brain death, hypoxic-ischemic
encephalopathy, status epilepticus, and migraine. A history in each condition is presented
and is followed by a discussion of how useful an EEG may be in these specific situations.
These eight cases highlight specific learning points where the EEG may be useful and
how it can be practically incorporated into care of patients. Understanding how the
EEG may be useful in the presented cases will allow the efficient and effective use
of the EEG in similar clinical scenarios.
KEYWORDS
Electroencephalogram (EEG) - seizures/status epilepticus - dementia - syncope - brain
death - encephalopathy