Diagnostic implications of review-of-systems questionnaires to differentiate epileptic seizures from psychogenic seizures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Early and accurate diagnosis of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) leads to appropriate treatment and improves long-term seizure prognosis. However, this is complicated by the need to record seizures to make a definitive diagnosis. Suspicion for PNES can be raised through knowledge that patients with PNES have increased somatic sensitivity and report more positive complaints on review-of-systems questionnaires (RoSQs) than patients with epileptic seizures. If the responses on the RoSQ can differentiate PNES from other seizure types, then these forms could be an early screening tool.

Methods

Our dataset included all patients admitted from January 2006 to June 2016 for video-electroencephalography at UCLA. RoSQs prior to May 2015 were acquired thr

SUBMITTER: Kerr WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423814 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature