← Critical-care EEG
Breach effect
Breach effect present with location, absent, or unclear.
Criteria & assessment
- Present: higher amplitude and increased sharpness, mainly faster frequencies, versus the rest of brain and especially the contralateral homologous region.
Source · 2021ACNS critical-care EEG terminology · PDF p. 8 ↗
Generation & measurement notes
- Define comparison thresholds and whether defect metadata is mandatory.
Editorial draft · clinical review pending