在患有急性意识障碍的儿童中,对新的听觉刺激的认知处理
Brian L Appavu1,2,3, Sarah Wykhoff4, Brian Burrows5
1Phoenix Children's Hospital, 1919 E. Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ, 85016, USA. bappavu@gmail.com.
Neurocritical care
|February 11, 2026
概括
在重症儿童中检测隐藏的意识是具有挑战性的. 与事件相关的潜力 (ERP),如不匹配的消极性 (MMN) 和P300b,可以预测不响应儿科患者的更好的长期结果.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 儿科重症监护 儿科重症监护
- 电子生理学 电子生理学
背景情况:
- 预测急性昏迷症的重症儿童是很困难的.
- 通过脑电图 (EEG) 的事件相关潜能 (ERP) 提供了对隐藏意识的非侵入性检测.
- 关键的ERP包括不匹配的负面性 (MMN) 和P300b反应.
研究的目的:
- 使用一个奇怪的范式来研究听觉ERP,以评估重病,不反应的儿童的皮质处理.
- 确定ERP是否能区分注意力和不注意力处理.
- 将ERP的发现与长期的功能结果联系起来.
主要方法:
- 未来的儿科重症监护室 (PICU) 患者的招生,格拉斯哥昏迷表得分小于8,接受连续EEG.
- 听觉局部-全球奇怪模式,以引起MMN类和P300b类的响应.
- 基于集群的 permutation 测试用于 ERP 显著性和 Mann-Whitney U 测试用于结果关联 (格拉斯哥结果尺度扩展 - 儿科).
主要成果:
- 在29名儿童中,有6名 (20.7%) 患有可复制ERP:有2名 (6.9%) 患有MMN样反应,4名 (13.8%) 患有P300b样反应.
- 任何可检测的ERP响应的存在与更有利的长期功能结果有关 (较低的GOSE-Peds得分,p=0.029).
结论:
- 在重病,不反应的儿童中,ERP有效地检测出不注意的和注意的皮质处理.
- 可复制的MMN或P300b反应表明可能有更好的长期功能恢复.
- 这种非侵入性EEG方法有助于对这种脆弱的儿科患者群体的预后.
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