Testing brains with burst suppressions

Distinguishing burst suppression (BS) pattern from a "continuous EEG" pattern is perhaps the first and easiest to learn by junior fellows as they start working in units with neurological intensive care (Westhall et al., 2015). Detection of BS is considered the hallmark of severe compromise in brain function, and in the context of brain damage, it is traditionally considered to signify a poor prognosis (Westhall et al., 2016; Hofmeijer et al., 2015). Recognition of BS is important for neurologists when treating status epilepticus using anesthesia that is titrated to keep the EEG at the "BS level", between the levels of continuous EEG and inactive EEG.

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