title: Seizure occurrence during pediatric short-term EEG.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the patients who are more likely to experience a seizure during short-term EEG recording.
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively reviewed the EEG recordings and medical records of 294 patients, who were admitted to the Pediatric Departments in Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, and referred for a short-term EEG during a 5-years period following a seizure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen (5.1%) patients had seizures during short-term EEG. The likelihood of seizure occurrence was increased by history of seizures (odds ratio 11.86, 95% confidence interval 2.54-55.37), abnormal neurological examination (odds ratio 3.33, 95% confidence interval 1.05-10.55), and the presence of interictal epileptiform discharges (odds ratio 10.07, 95% confidence interval 1.26-80.42). Treatment with antiepileptic drugs and mental retardation were significantly more common among patients with seizures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children with a higher likelihood of a seizure during short-term EEG can be identified using data mainly obtained by history and neurological examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Heyman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lahat
authors.affiliation: Electroencephalography Laboratory, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Electronic address: revitalgm@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Revital
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gandelman-Marton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: EEG; Epilepsy; Pediatric; Seizure