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Table 3 Proportion of stroke diagnosis by MRI quintile, and seizure diagnosis, stroke diagnosis, and antiseizure medication use by EEG quintile. PHIS hospitals were divided into quintiles based on the rates of MRI and EEG use during ECMO hospitalizations. The rates of stroke diagnoses, seizure diagnoses, and antiseizure medication use for the hospitals within the quintiles are reported below

From: Variation in electroencephalography and neuroimaging for children receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

MRI/EEG utilization quintile

Measure

Total

1st (lowest utilization)

2nd

3rd

4th

5th (highest utilization)

MRI

Stroke diagnosis

16% (1373/8746)

17% (211/1345)

13% (185/1409)

17% (290/1712)

15% (322/2080)

15% (240/1591)

EEG

Antiseizure medication use

37% (3195/8746)

36% (489/1345)

37% (489/1310)

37% (642/1724)

33% (800/2429)

40% (775/1938)

Seizure diagnosis

20% (3195/8746)

16% (211/1345)

21% (269/1310)

20% (337/1724)

21% (517/2429)

20% (396/1938)

Stroke diagnosis

16% (1373/8746)

11% (151/1345)

13% (166/1310)

14% (246/1724)

19% (468/2429)

18% (342/1938)