Use, experience and perspectives of high-density EEG among Italian epilepsy centers: a national survey.
Autor: | Nucera B; Department of Neurology, Hospital of Merano (SABES-ASDAA), Franz Tappeiner Hospital, Via Rossini, 5-39012, Merano, Italy. bruna.nucera@gmail.com.; Paracelsus Medical University, 5020, Salzburg, Austria. bruna.nucera@gmail.com., Perulli M; Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.; Department of Neuroscience, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy., Alvisi L; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.; IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, Epilepsy Center, (full member of the European Reference Network EpiCARE), Bologna, Italy., Bisulli F; Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.; IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, Epilepsy Center, (full member of the European Reference Network EpiCARE), Bologna, Italy., Bonanni P; Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy., Canafoglia L; Department of Diagnostic and Technology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy., Cantalupo G; Department of Engineering for Innovation Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.; UOC Di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, AOUI Di Verona (full member of the European Reference Network EpiCARE), Verona, Italy.; Centro Ricerca Per Le Epilessie in Età Pediatrica (CREP), AOUI Di Verona, Verona, Italy., Ferlazzo E; Regional Epilepsy Centre, Great Metropolitan 'Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital', Reggio Calabria, Italy.; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy., Granvillano A; Department of Diagnostic and Technology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy., Mecarelli O; Department of Human Neurosciences, Umberto I Polyclinic, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Meletti S; Neurology Unit, OCB Hospital, AOU Modena, Modena, Italy.; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy., Strigaro G; Epilepsy Center, Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, and Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria 'Maggiore Della Carità', Novara, Italy., Tartara E; Epilepsy Center, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy., Assenza G; Unit of Neurology, Neurophysiology, Neurobiology, Department of Medicine, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology [Neurol Sci] 2024 Apr; Vol. 45 (4), pp. 1625-1634. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 07. |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10072-023-07159-z |
Abstrakt: | Introduction: High-density EEG (hdEEG) is a validated tool in presurgical evaluation of people with epilepsy. The aim of this national survey is to estimate diffusion and knowledge of hdEEG to develop a network among Italian epilepsy centers. Methods: A survey of 16 items (and 15 additional items) was distributed nationwide by email to all members of the Italian League Against Epilepsy and the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: A total of 104 respondents were collected from 85 centers, 82% from the Centre-North of Italy; 27% of the respondents had a hdEEG. The main applications were for epileptogenic focus characterization in the pre-surgical evaluation (35%), biomarker research (35%) and scientific activity (30%). The greatest obstacles to hdEEG were economic resources (35%), acquisition of dedicated personnel (30%) and finding expertise (17%). Dissemination was limited by difficulties in finding expertise and dedicated personnel (74%) more than buying devices (9%); 43% of the respondents have already published hdEEG data, and 91% of centers were available to participate in multicenter hdEEG studies, helping in both pre-processing and analysis. Eighty-nine percent of respondents would be interested in referring patients to centers with established experience for clinical and research purposes. Conclusions: In Italy, hdEEG is mainly used in third-level epilepsy centers for research and clinical purposes. HdEEG diffusion is limited not only by costs but also by lack of trained personnel. Italian centers demonstrated a high interest in educational initiatives on hdEEG as well as in clinical and research collaborations. (© 2023. Fondazione Società Italiana di Neurologia.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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