Human bedside evaluation versus automatic responsiveness testing in epilepsy (ARTiE).

ABSTRACT: Evaluation of behavioral impairment during epileptic seizures is critical for medical decision making, including accurate diagnosis, recommendations for driving, and presurgical evaluation. We investigated the quality of behavioral testing during inpatient video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring at an established epilepsy center, and introduce a technical innovation that may improve clinical care. We retrospectively reviewed video-EEG data from 152 seizures in 33 adult or pediatric patients admitted for video-EEG monitoring. Behavioral testing with questions or commands was performed in only 50% of seizures ictally, 73% of seizures postictally, and 80% with either ictal or postictal testing combined. Furthermore, the questions or commands were highly inconsistent and were performed b

SUBMITTER: Touloumes G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4707993 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature