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The Electroencephalogram as a Predictor of Seizures following Cerebral Infarction

The Electroencephalogram as a Predictor of Seizures following Cerebral Infarction CLINICAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPY @ 1980 VOL. 11, NO.2 The Electroencephalogram as a Predictor of Seizures Following Cerebral Infarction Gregory L. Holmes To evaluate the efficacy of the EEG in pre­ 1,000 patients with non-embolic cerebral dicting patients at risk for seizures following infarction during either the acute phase or in cerebral infarction, a retrospective study was the follow-up period, and Meyeret al.(3) found done on 250 patients who had an EEG within a an incidence of seizures in 42.8% of 42 cases week of their cerebral infarction, and had at of cerebral infarction secondary to cerebral least 2 years of follow-up, The EEGs were embolization. In neither of these studies, how­ reviewed and classified into four categories: I ever, were risk factors for the development of = normal, II = diffuse slowing, III =focal slow­ seizures discussed. In order to evaluate the ing, and IV = sharp waves, epileptiform dis­ efficacy of the electroencephalogram in pre­ charges or periodic lateralizing epileptiform dicting those patients at risk for seizures fol­ discharges (PLEDs), Seizures were classified lowing strokes, a retrospective study was as early (within the first month after stroke) undertaken in patients with strokes who had and late (after 1 month). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Clinical Electroencephalography SAGE

The Electroencephalogram as a Predictor of Seizures following Cerebral Infarction

Holmes, Gregory L.
Clinical Electroencephalography , Volume 11 (2): 4 – Apr 1, 1980
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0009-9155
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CLINICAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPY @ 1980 VOL. 11, NO.2 The Electroencephalogram as a Predictor of Seizures Following Cerebral Infarction Gregory L. Holmes To evaluate the efficacy of the EEG in pre­ 1,000 patients with non-embolic cerebral dicting patients at risk for seizures following infarction during either the acute phase or in cerebral infarction, a retrospective study was the follow-up period, and Meyeret al.(3) found done on 250 patients who had an EEG within a an incidence of seizures in 42.8% of 42 cases week of their cerebral infarction, and had at of cerebral infarction secondary to cerebral least 2 years of follow-up, The EEGs were embolization. In neither of these studies, how­ reviewed and classified into four categories: I ever, were risk factors for the development of = normal, II = diffuse slowing, III =focal slow­ seizures discussed. In order to evaluate the ing, and IV = sharp waves, epileptiform dis­ efficacy of the electroencephalogram in pre­ charges or periodic lateralizing epileptiform dicting those patients at risk for seizures fol­ discharges (PLEDs), Seizures were classified lowing strokes, a retrospective study was as early (within the first month after stroke) undertaken in patients with strokes who had and late (after 1 month).

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Published: Apr 1, 1980

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