Video-EEG recording: a four-year clinical audit.
O'Rourke, K McNamara, B Sweeney, B J
O'Rourke, K
McNamara, B
Sweeney, B J
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2012-02-03T15:07:38Z
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*Electroencephalography
Epilepsy/pathology/*physiopathology
Humans
Medical Audit
Telemetry/methods
Video Recording
Epilepsy/pathology/*physiopathology
Humans
Medical Audit
Telemetry/methods
Video Recording
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In the setting of a regional neurological unit without an epilepsy surgery service as in our case, video-EEG telemetry is undertaken for three main reasons; to investigate whether frequent paroxysmal events represent seizures when there is clinical doubt, to attempt anatomical localization of partial seizures when standard EEG is unhelpful, and to attempt to confirm that seizures are non-epileptic when this is suspected. A clinical audit of all telemetry performed over a four-year period was carried out, in order to determine the clinical utility of this aspect of the service and to determine means of improving effectiveness in the unit. Analysis of the data showed a high rate of negative studies with no attacks recorded. Of the positive studies approximately 50% showed non-epileptic attacks. Strategies for improving the rate of positive investigations are discussed.
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eng
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0332-3102 (Print)
0332-3102 (Linking)
0332-3102 (Linking)
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15696878