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

EEG, electroencephalography; , number.