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]]