title: Long-term EEG monitoring for difficult seizure problems.
abstract: 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.
authors: Children's Hospital, Ohio State University Medical School, Columbus.
authors: J F
authors: JF
authors: Donat
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation