Pulseless Electrical Activity Arrest Presenting as Tonic Arm Stiffening and a Flat Electroencephalogram

Neurohospitalist. 2024 Oct;14(4):466-467. doi: 10.1177/19418744241273196. Epub 2024 Aug 13.

Authors

Nausheen Mahmood¹, Ernesto Gonzalez-Giraldo², Joseph E Sullivan²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Division of Epilepsy, Department of Neurology, Neurology and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

PMID: 39308465
PMCID: PMC11412446 (available on 2025-10-01)
DOI: 10.1177/19418744241273196

Abstract

This report highlights a case of PEA arrest which mimicked a tonic seizure and was discovered using electroencephalogram recordings.

Keywords: electroencephalography; epilepsy; status epilepticus.

© The Author(s) 2024.