The Importance of Long-Term Video Electroencephalography Monitoring in the Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy in Children


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Aslan M., GÜNGÖR S.

CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, vol.14, no.6, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.7759/cureus.25700
  • Journal Name: CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Keywords: treatment, diagnosis, non-epileptic paroxysmal event, epilepsy, video-eeg monitoring, PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURES, UNPROVOKED SEIZURES, EEG, DURATION, UTILITY, YIELD
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Epilepsy is a condition in which abnormal, recurring, and excessive neuronal discharges caused by many different disorders in the central nervous system are observed. The rate of detecting epileptiform activity in the first interictal electroencephalography (EEG) of patients with epilepsy is around 40%, even when routine activation methods are applied. Video recordings simultaneously with EEG recordings enable the establishment of correlations between abnormalities.