Value of smartphone videos for diagnosis of seizures: Everyone owns half an epilepsy monitoring unit

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The Yield of Ambulatory EEG-Video Monitoring

Christopher T. Primiani et al.

Summary: This study retrospectively evaluated the yield of ambulatory EEG-video monitoring for diagnosing epilepsy in 200 consecutive and unselected patients. The results suggest that ambulatory EEG-video monitoring may be a useful alternative to inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit, especially with high clinical suspicion for nonepileptic events.

CLINICAL EEG AND NEUROSCIENCE (2021)

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Real-life use of videos in pediatric epilepsy consultations

Blandine Dozieres-Puyravel et al.

Summary: The use of videos for diagnosing epilepsy in child neurology has been found to be helpful in changing initial diagnosis hypotheses and can be beneficial for both diagnosis and follow-up stages.

EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR (2021)

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Video quality using outpatient smartphone videos in epilepsy: Results from the OSmartViE study

William O. Tatum et al.

Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the quality of smartphone videos of neurologic events in adult epilepsy outpatients, finding that the majority of videos were suitable for clinical interpretation. Methods to improve video quality include encouraging patient interaction, adequate duration, and enlarged field of view during filming. While there were limitations in video quality, accuracy remained for the review of videos of epileptic seizures and psychogenic nonepileptic attacks.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY (2021)

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