Clinical and EEG Estimates of Absence Seizure Frequency
| Autor: | Roger J. Porter, Fritz E. Dreifuss, Penry Jk, T. R. Browne, B. G. White |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent Absence attacks Petit mal Neurological examination Electroencephalography Audiology Epilepsy Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Humans Telemetry Medicine Child Physical Examination Neurologic Examination Seizure frequency medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Absence seizure Epilepsy Absence Research Design Child Preschool Anesthesia Ethosuximide Neurology (clinical) business After treatment |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Neurology. 40:469-472 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9942 |
| Popis: | • Absence seizure frequency was estimated in 20 patients (5 to 15 years old) before and after treatment with ethosuximide. Estimates were obtained from mothers' histories, observations by nurses, intensive observation by trained observers, physical and neurological examinations, routine EEG, and 12-hour telemetered EEG. Both before treatment (high seizure frequency) and after treatment (low frequency), telemetered EEG was the most reliable method of estimation, and intensive observation was the next best method. After treatment, the mothers' and nurses' estimates of seizure frequency were significantly less than the telemetered EEG estimates. The neurological examination and routine EEG were sufficient to diagnose absence attacks in all 20 patients and to determine if the attacks were completely controlled by therapy in all but two patients. |
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