Long-term video-EEG monitoring 2566101 179500138 2007-12-22T00:58:38Z 69.15.128.210 '''Long-term video-EEG monitoring''', also known as video telemetry, is a [[diagnostic]] technique used in certain patients with [[epilepsy]] or [[seizures]]. It involves the inpatient hospitalization of the patient for a period of time, typically days to weeks, during which they are continuously monitored and recorded with a [[video]] camera and an [[electroencephalograph]]. The recording is periodically monitored and analyzed by a [[neurologist]]. Typically one trained in [[clinical neurophysiology]], the [[neurologist]] determines when the monitoring is finished and issues the final report. The purposes of long-term video-EEG monitoring include: *discovering where in the [[brain]] a given person's seizures begin *distinguishing [[epileptic seizure]]s from [[psychogenic non-epileptic seizures]] *evaluating a person who is a candidate for [[surgery]] to treat [[epilepsy]] [[Category:Electroencephalography]] [[Category:Neurology]]