Need for a standardized technique of nap EEG recordings: results of a national online survey in Italy

Autor: Chiara Sueri, Vincenzo Belcastro, Umberto Aguglia, Michele Ascoli, Vittoria Cianci, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Salvatore M Cavalli, Sara Gasparini, Giulia Ferrigno
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. 39(11)
ISSN: 1590-3478
Popis: The aim of this study is to report current clinical practice for sleep induction in Italian epilepsy centers. We administered an online-structured survey between March and November 2017 and collected data from pediatric and adult neurophysiologists belonging to 73 epilepsy centers. The preferred time for EEG recording is variable, depending on daily schedule of each laboratory. To facilitate spontaneous sleep during nap EEGs, almost all centers require sleep deprivation before the examination, with partial loss preferred to total deprivation in most centers (58/73 vs 12/73, p
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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