Clinical utility of EEG in diagnosing and monitoring epilepsy in adults

•This IFCN guideline assesses the categories of evidence for clinical utility of EEG in adults with epilepsy.•EEG is useful for epilepsy diagnosis, classification and characterization before epilepsy surgery.•EEG monitoring is helpful to detect and quantify nonconvulsive seizures, especially in crit...

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Published in:Clinical neurophysiology 2018-05, Vol.129 (5), p.1056-1082
Main Authors: Tatum, W.O., Rubboli, G., Kaplan, P.W., Mirsatari, S.M., Radhakrishnan, K., Gloss, D., Caboclo, L.O., Drislane, F.W., Koutroumanidis, M., Schomer, D.L., Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenite, D., Cook, Mark, Beniczky, S.
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Language:English
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EEG
Epilepsy
Epileptiform
Guideline
Seizure
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Summary:•This IFCN guideline assesses the categories of evidence for clinical utility of EEG in adults with epilepsy.•EEG is useful for epilepsy diagnosis, classification and characterization before epilepsy surgery.•EEG monitoring is helpful to detect and quantify nonconvulsive seizures, especially in critically ill patients. Electroencephalography (EEG) remains an essential diagnostic tool for people with epilepsy (PWE). The International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology produces new guidelines as an educational service for clinicians to address gaps in knowledge in clinical neurophysiology. The current guideline was prepared in response to gaps present in epilepsy-related neurophysiological assessment and is not intended to replace sound clinical judgement in the care of PWE. Furthermore, addressing specific pathophysiological conditions of the brain that produce epilepsy is of primary importance though is beyond the scope of this guideline. Instead, our goal is to summarize the scientific evidence for the utility of EEG when diagnosing and monitoring PWE.
ISSN:1388-2457
1872-8952
DOI:10.1016/j.clinph.2018.01.019