A new tool can help predict brain-damaging seizures and free up continuous EEG machines for high-risk patients

A new tool can help predict brain-damaging seizures and free up continuous EEG machines for high-risk patients

In hospital intensive care units, neurologists often use a simple scorecard to quickly evaluate a critically ill patient's likelihood of having a brain-damaging seizure so they can prevent it. The scorecard saves lives, lowers costs and helps doctors make far more efficient use of important, expensive medical equipment.