User:Aiswarya Gopan S

= Ambulatory EEG = An ambulatory EEG device is a device that can be used at home. It is a painless test which will record electrical activity of the brain. It has the ability to record electrical activity of the brain up to 72 hours. It can be used to monitor pre-ictal cortical activity related to seizures in neonatal intensive care units.

History
AEEG is a recent innovation. The development of portable EEG provided more challenges than the Holter monitor of 1961. Clinical investigators had documented its ability to record focal and generalized epileptiform activity,

Medical use
With fluctuating electrical activity of brain from second to second, normal EEGs provide only a 20 to 40 minute analysis of the electrical activity. If epileptic waves occur in your brain frequently at an interval of 3 or 4 hours, this device is used. It is also used if you have seizures even after administration of medications for seizures, to confirm an epilepsy.

Research use
It has many future implications in neonatal, paediatric and geriatric patients.

Economics
AEEG is lesser expensive alternative to inpatient monitoring which is 51-65 percentage lesser expensive than a 24 hour inpatient monitoring for EEG.