Naslov
Continuous EEG Recording Contributing to Individual Epileptic Therapy Schemes

Autori
Marušić Della Marina, Branka ; Kujundžić Tiljak M ; Tiljak H

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Neuropediatrics ; Volume 33: 37 - A86 ; Abstracts of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuropediatrics / - Beč : Neuropediatrics, 2002, 77-78

Skup
29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuropediatrics

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 13.02.2003. - 15.02.2003

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
continuous EEG recording, non-convulsive epilepsy, therapy scheme

Sažetak
Introduction: There has been evidence to support the observation that epileptic seizures are related to specific stages of sleep. Based on our previous observations, we wondered how the patients' endogenous biorhythm could be used for improvement of the treatment for distinct epileptic patients. Aim: To obtain insight in the biorhytmics of idiopathic generalized non-convulsive epilepsy among school aged children. The specific aim was to explore the relation of EEG bursts during the patients awake and sleep periods. Method: The study was performed in Department for Neuropediatrics of the Children's Hospital Zagreb. Examinees were already in treatment and were well controlled. Ambulatory continuous twenty-foru hour EEG and polygraph recordings were conducted. The timing, frequency and duration of EEG burst were recorded during the twenty four hour periods. Qualitative analysis of recorded EEG curves were performed for the purpose of detectig different patterns. Results: 24 examinees completed all requirements for the study. Thoe total number of bursts and their durations were whovwn to be bigger during awake periods, but the relative frequency and summarized duration potion of the bursts proved to be larger during sleep. Six patterns were reorganized: (1) no burst at alal, (2) few bursts during one hour, (3) repeated grouped bursts during one hour, (4) repeated grouped bursts during a few hours, (5) frequent bursts during a singfle few-hour period, (6) continuous bursts during the intire twenty-four-hour period. Conclusion: The detection of differences among the burst patterns could be used for a bio-feed- back approach in therapy. The daily dosages of therapy could then be re-tailored for each patient according to the individual burst pattern.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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