Video-EEG telemetry can be a crucial tool for neurologists experienced in epilepsy when diagnosing seizure disorders

Seizure

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-34

  Alsaadi, Taoufik M ^a   Thieman, Catherine ^a   Shatzel, Alan ^a   Farias, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy diagnosis; Epileptic seizures; Nonepileptic seizures; Video EEG telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TELEMETRY; TUMOR; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0942287939     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(03)00072-4     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Goodin, D. S. and Aminoff, M. J. Does the interictal EEG have a role in the diagnosis of epilepsy? Lancet 1984; 1: 837.
2. Rugg-Gunn, F. J., Harrison, N. A. and Duncan, J. S. Evaluation of the accuracy of seizure descriptions by the relatives of patients with epilepsy. Epilepsy Research 2001; 43: 193-199.
3. Boon, P., De Reuck, J., Drieghe, C. et al. Long-term video-EEG monitoring revisited. European Neurology 1994; 34 (Suppl. 1): 33-39.
4. Wilmer, J. P. and Brunet, D. G. The value of prolonged electroencephalographic and video monitoring in diagnosis of seizures disorders. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1986; 13: 327-330.
5. Koblar, S. A., Black, A. B. and Schapel, G. J. Video-audio/EEG monitoring in epilepsy - The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Experience. Clinical and Experimental Neurology 1992; 29: 70-73.
6. Martin, R. C., Gilliam, F. G., Kilgore, M. et al. Improved health care resources utilization following video-EEG - confirmed diagnosis of nonepileptic psychogenic seizures. Seizure 1998; 30: 385-390.
7. Parra, J., Iriarte, J. and Kanner, A. M. Are we overusing the diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic events? Seizure 1999; 8: 223-227.
8. Reuber, M., Fernandez, G., Bauer, J. et al. Diagnosis delay in psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Neurology 2002; 58: 493-495.