Epileptiform patterns_Beijing.ppt

Terence J. O’Brien, MD, FRACP The Departments of Medicine and Neurology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne Most frequently performed investigation for seizures and epilepsy. Safe, cheap and widely available. Serial studies easy to perform. High temporal resolution. May be helpful in: Diagnosis of epilepsy. Classification of epilepsy syndrome. Localisation of epileptogenic zone. Monitoring of treatment. Not sensitive or specific. 20% epilepsy patients will not have potentially epileptogenic abnormalities even on serial EEGs. 2% normal population have potentially epilept