Electrographic screening for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome in a single sleep–wake cycle

• Published in: Epilepsia (Copenhagen) Vol. 65; no. 6; pp. 1737 - 1743
• Main Authors: Mason, John A., Juarez‐Colunga, Elizabeth, Knupp, Kelly G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2024
• Subjects: Acuity; Child, Preschool; EEG; Electroencephalography; Electroencephalography - methods; Emergency medical care; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; Infant; infantile spasms; Male; nonepileptic paroxysmal disorder; Retrospective Studies; scalp electroencephalography; Seizures; Sleep; Sleep - physiology; Sleep and wakefulness; Spasms, Infantile - diagnosis; Spasms, Infantile - physiopathology; Video Recording - methods; Wakefulness - physiology; West syndrome; West syndrome; infantile spasms; scalp electroencephalography; nonepileptic paroxysmal disorder

Objective Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is a common and urgent diagnosis with seizure and nonseizure mimics. Evaluation with prolonged video–electroencephalography (EEG) can be time‐consuming and costly. This study investigated the use of EEG review of a single sleep–wake cycle to exclu...