Abstract:Objective To investigate value of amplitude integrated electroencephalogram (aEEG) combined with sensory gating potential (P50) in evaluating the prognosis of patients with severe cerebrovascular disease. Methods Sixty-two cases of severe cerebrovascular disease in our hospital from May 2017 to May 2019 were enrolled, and were divided into poor prognosis group (n = 14) and good prognosis group (n = 48) according to their prognosis. The results of aEEG and P50 were compared between the two groups, and GOS score was further assessed. The correlation between aEEG as well as P50 and GOS score was analyzed. Then the prognostic value of single aEEG or P50 and the combined tests were determined. Results Rank-sum test showed that the aEEG grading was significantly different between groups (χ2=15.240, P = 0.000). The t-test showed that there was a significant difference in P50 between groups (t =10.633, P = 0.000), and P50 of poor prognosis group was higher than that of good prognosis group. Besides, t-test showed that GOS score was significantly different between groups (t =17.253, P = 0.000), where GOS score of good prognosis group was higher than that of poor prognosis group. Additionally, GOS score was negatively correlated with P50 (r s =-0.703) and aEEG (r s =-0.629). The AUC, sensitivity, and specificity of aEEG combined with P50 were 0.967, 100.00%, and 91.7%, while those of P50 were 0.807, 78.60% and 93.7% and those of aEEG were 0.732, 35.70% and 97.90%. The predictive value of combined detection of P50 and aEEG was better than that of single detection of P50 or aEEG (P < 0.05). Conclusions P50 combined with aEEG is of high prognostic value in patients with severe cerebrovascular diseases, though the results need to be further analyzed and confirmed by expanding the sample size.