title: Intensive monitoring of seizures in evaluating efficacy of antiepileptic drugs.
abstract: Intensive neurodiagnostic monitoring is needed in the proper use of AEDs for three reasons: to diagnose the seizure correctly, to quantify the number of seizures accurately, and to allow the patient and physician to communicate accurately. The means currently available include video/EEG, radiotelemetry, ambulatory cassette recording, and various permutations of the above. In general, video/EEG is the most accurate for diagnosis but the most costly, and ambulatory cassette recording the least costly and thus most useful for quantifying the number of seizures. An organized approach starting with screening interview and continuing after discharge is recommended as being, in the long-term, the most cost-effective and satisfactory approach.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014743:Videotape Recording
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants