Diagnostic value of Video-EEG monitoring in epilepsy and other paroxysmal events
- VernacularTitle:电视录像脑电图在癫痫及其他发作性疾病中的诊断价值探讨
- Author:
Bo XIAO
;
Xiaoyun WANG
;
Hui YE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Epilepsy;
Seizures;
Electroencephalography;
Television
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
1999;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the clinical significance of Video EEG monitoring in the diagnosis of epilepsy and other paroxysmal events Methods Video EEG monitoring under the state of awaking and sleeping and evoked tests were performed continuously in 216 patients with epilepsy and other paroxysmal events Results The characteristic events were captured in 130(60%) of the 216 patients And out of the 130 patients, 53 had clinical events accompanying epileptiform discharge 73 patients had no epileptiform discharge in both ictal and interictal period Seizure types were defined in 80%of 80 patients with epileptiform discharge, and classification was different from the original 42% of the 64 patients Conclusions Video EEG can record much more epileptiform discharge than routine EEG It should be an effective method in both diagnosis and classification of epilepsy
