DuraEEG - Duration of EEG and Treatment Outcomes in Critical Care

Primary outcomes

1. Patient demographics

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   Demographic information (e.g. age, sex) is collected.

2. Acute prehospital management data

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   Data from acute prehospital management, as documented in emergency medical services (EMS) treatment protocols, is collected. The collected data elements are aggregated to describe the overall EMS response.

3. Duration of intensive care unit stay

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   The length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay is recorded.

4. Duration of hospital stay

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   The length of the total hospital stay is recorded.

5. Discharge destination

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   The destination at discharge is recorded.

6. Neurological deficits

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   The date(s) of onset and clinical course of neurological deficits, aggregated with additional clinical features are collected to capture the overall clinical presentation.

7. Number of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in ectroencephalogram

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   Electroencephalograms (EEGs) are collected to assess neurological activity and monitor for abnormalities that may affect treatment.

8. Medical history

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   Patients' medical history, especially neurological and infectious disease history, is collected to provide a comprehensive overview of relevant clinical background.

9. Disease etiology

   Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

   The underlying causes of relevant diseases, particularly neurological and infectious conditions, are collected provide a comprehensive overview of relevant clinical background.

10. Previous episodes of altered neurologic function

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Information on previous episodes of altered neurological function, including their number and duration, is collected to provide a comprehensive measure of past disease burden.

11. Imaging features

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Neuroimaging features and other imaging features obtained during diagnostic work-up are aggregated to provide a comprehensive assessment of structural and functional abnormalities.

12. Comprehensive assessment of the neurological status based on Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS)

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Neurological status during ICU stay is assessed using available data in the patient register from validated neurological assessments. These may include the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), or Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). If multiple scores are available, they will be aggregated to provide a comprehensive assessment of neurological status. This outcome will be reported as a descriptive summary, synthesizing findings across tools, rather than as a single quantitative score. Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) is a 10-point validated tool (ranging from +4 to -5) used in intensive care to quickly assess a patient's level of sedation or agitation. A RASS score of 0 indicates an alert and calm patient, while positive scores represent agitation and negative scores indicate sedation.

13. Comprehensive assessment of critical illness severity based on standardized scoring including the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II)systems

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Disease severity during ICU stay is assessed using standardized scoring systems, including the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II), and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), depending on data availability in the patient register. The specific scoring system applied, as well as the scale and interpretation of the score, varies based on routine clinical practice and available documentation. Where multiple severity scores are available, they will be synthesized to provide a descriptive summary of overall illness severity rather than a single quantitative score. APACHE II uses 12 routine physiologic measurements, age, and chronic health status-collected within 24 hours of ICU admission-to calculate a score (0 to 71) predicting mortality risk. Higher scores correspond to higher disease severity.

14. Charlson Comorbidity Index

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is calculated based on pre-existing comorbidities and additional diagnoses. The CCI predicts the ten-year mortality for a patient who may have a range of comorbid conditions. It assigns weighted scores (from 0 to maximal 6) to 17 comorbid conditions (e.g., heart disease, diabetes, cancer), resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 33, if the patient had the most severe form of each of the 17 conditions.

15. Laboratory parameters

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Routine laboratory value are collected. The specific parameters recorded may vary depending on the laboratory assessments documented in the patient register. All values will be reported using their respective units of measurement. These parameters are aggregated to support an overall clinical interpretation rather than a single numerical value. This approach reflects standard clinical practice, where multiple lab values are considered together to assess a patient's condition.

16. Complications

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Complications occurring during intensive care treatment or clinical monitoring are collected, including but not limited to community-acquired and nosocomial infections, shock, hemorrhage, ischemic events, arrhythmia, cardiopulmonary arrest, and organ failure. These events are aggregated to provide a comprehensive overview of serious adverse clinical outcomes during critical care rather than reported as isolated parameters.

17. Glasgow Outcome Score

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    The Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS) is calculated based on the assessment of key clinical outcomes such as inhospital mortality, survival, survival with neurofunctional alteration, return to premorbid neurological function, and hospital readmission to determine the patient outcome.

    The GOS ranges from 1 (death) to 5 (good recovery).

18. Therapeutic intervention

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Therapeutic interventions are documented, including duration, dosage, and number of medications, the number of drugs, administration of fluids (including blood products, crystalloids, enteral and parenteral nutrition, etc.), invasive procedures (such as intubation, mechanical ventilation, vasopressor use, and placement of central lines), and changes to any of these treatments, including the date of treatment adaptation.

19. Vital signs

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Vital signs are analyzed based on the data available in the patient register. The specific parameters recorded depend on the clinical documentation available.These values are aggregated to support an overall clinical assessment rather than a single numerical score. This reflects standard practice, where multiple vital signs are interpreted together to evaluate a patient's condition.

20. Comprehensive assessment of the neurological status based on Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS)

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Neurological status during ICU stay is assessed using available data in the patient register from validated neurological assessments. These may include the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), or Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). The specific tool used, as well as the scale of the score and meaning behind the score, depends on routine clinical practice and available documentation in the register. If multiple scores are available for a patient, they will be aggregated to provide a comprehensive assessment of neurological status. This outcome will be reported as a descriptive summary, synthesizing findings across tools, rather than as a single quantitative score. The sedation-Agitation Scale is a tool to assess both levels of sedation and agitation. In this tool scores 1-2 are for unawake patients and doesn't request use of sedative, while 3-7 are awake patients of which 5-7 are in need of Sedative use.

21. Comprehensive assessment of the neurological status based on Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Neurological status during ICU stay is assessed using available data in the patient register from validated neurological assessments. These may include the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), or Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). The specific tool used, as well as the scale of the score and meaning behind the score, depends on routine clinical practice and available documentation in the register. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a standardized neurological tool used to objectively measure and track a person's level of consciousness, particularly following traumatic brain injury. It assesses three components:eye opening (1-4), verbal response (1-5), motor response (1-6), where higher scores indicate better function.

22. Comprehensive assessment of the neurological status based on Comprehensive assessment of the neurological status based on Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC)

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Neurological status during ICU stay is assessed using available data in the patient register from validated neurological assessments. These may include the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS), Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), or Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). The specific tool used, as well as the scale of the score and meaning behind the score, depends on routine clinical practice and available documentation in the register. The Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC) is an 8-item, validated tool used by ICU bedside nurses to rapidly screen for delirium in critically ill patients, including those who are intubated. It assesses behavioral, cognitive, and physiological symptoms over a 12-to-24-hour period, with a total score of indicating the presence of delirium.

23. Comprehensive assessment of critical illness severity based on standardized scoring systems, including the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II)

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Disease severity during ICU stay is assessed using standardized scoring systems, including the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II), and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), depending on data availability in the patient register. The specific scoring system applied, as well as the scale and interpretation of the score, varies based on routine clinical practice and available documentation. Where multiple severity scores are available, they will be synthesized to provide a descriptive summary of overall illness severity rather than a single quantitative score. The Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) is a severity-of-illness scoring system that estimates the risk of in-hospital mortality for adult ICU patients. Assessed within the first 24 hours of admission, it assigns 0-163 points based on age, admission type, chronic diseases, and 12 physiological variables

24. Comprehensive assessment of critical illness severity based on standardized scoring systems, including the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)

    Time frame: 2014 - 02/2025

    Disease severity during ICU stay is assessed using standardized scoring systems, including the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II), and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), depending on data availability in the patient register. The specific scoring system applied, as well as the scale and interpretation of the score, varies based on routine clinical practice and available documentation. Where multiple severity scores are available, they will be synthesized to provide a descriptive summary of overall illness severity rather than a single quantitative score. The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) evaluates six organ systems (respiratory, cardiovascular, hepatic, coagulation, renal, and neurological), with scores ranging from 0 to 4 per system.