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Long-Term EEG Monitoring for Difficult Seizure Problems

Children's Hospital, Ohio State University Medical School, Columbus, OH

Long-term electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring, initially popular in the form of 24-hour video-EEG telemetries developed for the evaluation of patients who were candidates for epilepsy surgery, is now possible in diverse configurations. Studies can be designed to evaluate a variety of diagnostic problems and can be individualized to address specific clinical questions for each patient. A great variety of severe epilepsies present in infancy and childhood with daily seizures, often presenting difficult diagnostic problems. Extending the benefits of long-term EEG monitoring to these patients early in the course of the epileptic process can be expected to result in more accurate diagnoses, more effective treatment, and improved prognoses. Long-term EEG monitoring is needed to improve our understanding of the nosology of infant epilepsy, which is incomplete. ( J Child Neurol 1994;9(Suppl):S57-S63).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 9, No. 1 Suppl, S57-S63 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073894009001101


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