The Ceribell EEG is an effective emergency tool for diagnosing acute neurological conditions in patients. The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Ceribell EEG in acute neurological conditions across a larger sample size.

Standard technique Ceribell EEG was applied to 200 patients presenting with acute neurological conditions. The technique was applied for a maximum of 2 hours, and data was recorded. Recording data for longer than two hours showed serious muscle and electrode artifacts, making the EEG uninterpretable.

200 total cases were studied. Of those 200 cases, 18 showed status epilepticus, 25 displayed paroxysmal activity, 135 showed bilateral slowing, 20 cases unilateral slowing, and the remaining 2 displayed muscle artifacts that obscured the EEG. Cases studied for longer than the 2 hour threshold displayed significant muscle and electrode artifacts that obscured the EEG and made it uninterpretable. Bilateral slowing was caused by metabolic or toxic factors in the patients surveyed. Unilateral slowing occurred as a result of stress or tumors in the body. Patients in these cases often had other health issues, such as drugs or renal problems, that contributed to the unilateral or bilateral slowing.

The Ceribell EEG is an effective tool in the emergency room for diagnosing status epilepticus in 9% of cases. Of the remaining cases, the EEG results could confirm the presence of acute neurological conditions, but could not more specifically determine the kind of etiology. Major limitations factor on the difficulty of recording data for longer than two hours. Overall, the results of this study confirm the larger efficacy and applications of the Ceribell EEG in emergency diagnostic conditions.