title: Seizure-related adverse events during video-electroencephalography monitoring.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to characterise seizure-related adverse events during video-electroencephalography (vEEG) monitoring.
  
  
  METHODS
  Our study evaluated adverse events in 230 epilepsy patients during vEEG monitoring while patients were awake and asleep.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 588 seizures were recorded and 231 adverse events were identified including electrode displacement (14.5%), aspiration risk (8.5%), urinary incontinence (7.5%), postictal psychosis (5.8%), tongue biting (5.3%), and patient falls (0.5%). No severe types of adverse events were observed, such as choking or aspiration pneumonia. Of the seizures recorded, 39.1% occurred while patients were sleeping and 38.5% of adverse events occurred during this time, which included electrode displacement (48.2%), aspiration risk (28.0%), tongue biting (60.0%), postictal psychosis (16.7%), patient falls (66.7%), and urinary incontinence (38.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of seizure-related adverse events during vEEG monitoring is mild. vEEG is an acceptably safe procedure for epilepsy research and precautions should be put in place to prevent these events.
authors.affiliation: Bayi Brain Hospital, The Military General Hospital of Beijing People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China. sxljm1028@163.com
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fanxin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Zhiliang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology*; D014741:Video Recording