The EEG in progressive dialysis encephalopathy. The EEG and clinical indices of PDE in cases treated with desferrioxamine. (Part. II)

Two patients with progressive dialysis encephalopathy (PDE) were subjected to serial EEG recording and neuropsychological tests in order to assess the value of the investigations as indices of the course of PDE during desferrioxamine treatment. EEG proved unreliable for this purpose.

The EEG in progressive dialysis encephalopathy: the EEG in diagnosing and screening for PDE. (Part. I)

An EEG study was carried out on 50 patients undergoing chronic dialysis, 5 of whom had progressive dialysis encephalopathy (PDE), with the aim of confirming the reliability of EEG for diagnosing PDE and detecting patients at risk reported in previous papers. The outcome of the study confirms the high sensitivity of EEG for these purposes.