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Cohort studyFrontiers in computational neuroscience · 2026

EEG criticality as a prognostic tool for functional outcomes in sedated pediatric intensive care patients.

Derek Newman, Mark Grinberg, Kevin Jones … Stefanie Blain-Moraes
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Electroencephalography features predicted 3-month recovery in sedated children in intensive care

EEG criticality as a prognostic tool for functional outcomes in sedated pediatric intensive care patients.

Derek Newman et al. · Frontiers in computational neuroscience · 2026
Background

Predicting meaningful recovery in sedated patients remains a major challenge in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) due to the lack of reliable, behavior-independent prognostic markers for children.

Purpose

The objective of this study was to assess the association between criticality-related EEG features and the functional outcomes of sedated PICU patients.

Methods

A multi-center, retrospective cohort observational study was conducted with 32 patients admitted to two PICUs in urban Canada between 2014 and 2024, 5-18 years of age, 14 females.

n = 32 patients
Results
AUC 0.92: strong discrimination between good and poor recovery outcomes
n = 32 patients
More results

A threshold between lower and upper severe disability (GOS-E = 4) optimized classification of recovery.

Patients with good outcomes exhibited greater EEG complexity, entropy and fractal patterns compared to those with poor outcomes.

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Conclusion

This study demonstrates the prognostic potential of EEG spectral and criticality-related features in predicting outcomes for sedated PICU patients.

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