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cord-317689-gp4x54pe	Galanopoulou, Aristea S.	EEG findings in acutely ill patients investigated for SARS‐CoV‐2/COVID‐19: A small case series preliminary report	2020-05-17		.txt	text/plain	4676	261	45	9, 10 We report our first findings from medically indicated EEG studies, performed predominantly using 8ch-EEG, on admitted acutely ill COVID-19 PUIs. We found that a sizeable proportion of COVID-19-positive patients had suspicion for seizures and/or epileptiform discharges (EDs) in their EEG compared to COVID-19-negative patients, albeit these differences did not reach statistical significance. Most of the patients had acute respiratory failure, were intubated at the time of the EEG studies (63.6% vs 100%), and were receiving sedatives and/or antiseizure medications (ASMs) (86.4% vs 100%) (COVID-19 positive vs negative, respectively). We present the first preliminary case series report of EEG findings in patients under investigation for COVID-19 who presented with altered mental status, encephalopathy or suspicion for seizures and demonstrates evidence of EDs. Seizure-like behaviors prompting EEG investigation were common (63.6%) in COVID-19-positive patients and sporadic epileptic abnormalities were seen in 40.9%, predominantly in the form of frontal sharp waves.	./cache/cord-317689-gp4x54pe.txt	./txt/cord-317689-gp4x54pe.txt