EEG TRIPHASIC WAVES

Course overview

TRIPHASIC WAVES ARE ABNORMAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) WAVEFORMS SEEN WITH A MULTITUDE OF CLINICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING ENCEPHALOPATHY AND STRUCTURAL BRAIN LESIONS. THEY ARE NON-SPECIFIC, HIGH AMPLITUDE, SHARPLY CONTOURED WAVES WITH A UNIQUE MORPHOLOGY. THEY WERE BELIEVED TO BE PATHOGNOMONIC OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY. HOWEVER, THEY CAN BE SEEN WITH ANY METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND MANY OTHER CONDITIONS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF TRIPHASIC WAVES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH THIS EEG FINDING.