Best of both worlds - EEG and aEEG for the diagnosis of neonatal seizures
Event Details
Course introduction: Please join us for this ON-DEMAND event of a previously broadcast eSeminar presented by Ronit Pressler. M.D., Ph.D., MRCPCH. Accurate diagnosis of neonatal seizures is challenging due to
Event Details
Course introduction:
Please join us for this ON-DEMAND event of a previously broadcast eSeminar presented by Ronit Pressler. M.D., Ph.D., MRCPCH. Accurate diagnosis of neonatal seizures is challenging due to the fact that seizures may resemble normal or abnormal neonatal behaviours and many seizures have only subtle clinical signs or are electrographic only. It has been shown that clinical diagnosis is unreliable. Conventional EEG is considered the gold standard for the diagnosis, but it is not available in most NICUs due to lack of on-site specialist support. More commonly used is amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) (85% of all NICU’s), which provides a slow trend of brain activity using only a limited number of electrodes. While easier to apply and interpret, aEEG has been shown to miss a significant number of seizures and carries a significant risk of false positive detections. New technology allows to record both EEG and aEEG to be recorded at the same time with remote access for specialist support, providing the best of both worlds for the timely diagnosis of neonatal seizures.
Course Objectives:
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- Understand the need for EEG or aEEG in the diagnosis of neonatal seizures.
- To be able discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both techniques.
- Understand the value of using both techniques together.
Speakers for this event
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Dr. Ronit Pressler
Dr. Ronit Pressler
M.D., Ph.D.
Ronit is Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology and clinical lead of the Telemetry Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, London and Associate Professor at the UCL-Institute of Child Health. She qualified from Berlin University in 1992 and trained in paediatrics in Berlin, Germany and clinical neurophysiology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London.
Her research interests include neonatal seizures, particularly their diagnosis and treatment, as well as childhood epilepsy. She is chair of the ILAE neonatal seizure classification task force as well as co-chair of the ILAE neonatal guidelines task force. She has an international reputation for teaching neonatal EEG and is director of the ILAE EEG course ‘EEG in the first year of life’.M.D., Ph.D.
Time
october 15 (Sunday) - 22 (Sunday)
Location
ONLINE eSeminar
