Using Seizure-Risk Forecasts for Best Epilepsy Monitoring Time
Scheduling video EEG monitoring on the basis of personalized seizure risk forecasts could improve diagnostic accuracy, emerging research suggests.
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Scheduling video EEG monitoring on the basis of personalized seizure risk forecasts could improve diagnostic accuracy, emerging research suggests.
Scientific American Making predictions up to several days in advance may help with care Advertisement Seizures are like storms in the brain—sudden bursts of abnormal electrical activity that can cause disturbances in movement, behavior, feelings and awareness. For people with epilepsy, not knowing when their next seizure will hit can be psychologically debilitating. Clinicians have no way of telling people with epilepsy whether a seizure will likely happen five minutes from now, five weeks from now or five months from now, says Vikram Rao, a neurologist at the University of California, San ...