User:Emilyreardon/Electroencephalography

Epilepsy monitoring is typically done to distinguish epileptic seizures from other types of spells, such as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, syncope (fainting), sub-cortical movement disorders and migraine variants, to characterize seizures for the purposes of treatment, and to localize the region of brain from which a seizure originates for work-up of possible seizure surgery. Hospitals use an EEG monitor to help diagnose a seizure. They use that information to help with the treatment process as well as discovering risks. "Many professionals have stated the importance of EEG’s when it comes to suspected seizures, for diagnosis and evaluation ". Doctors will be able to use the EEG monitoring system to help look at some treatment options as well as some risk factors. As technology advances, researchers are finding new monitors that are more accurate in regards to seizures. "Advanced techniques with continuous EEG and simplified technique with aEEG allows clinicians to detect more seizures at the bedside ”. An aEEG stands for amplitude integrated electroencephalography and can detect any electrical brain activity just like an EEG monitor. An aEEG monitor can monitor the brain function for a long period, whereas an EEG monitor can only monitor brain function for a couple hours to days. This helps the improvement of detecting more seizures faster, and the preterm babies suffering with seizures can be treated earlier and have less long term effects.