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Wiki Page - Long Term EEG Monitoring

Three (or more) secondary sources: (Note - these describe more of the process and the why than general info and history)
 * 1) "Utility of long-term video-EEG monitoring for children with staring". Patel AD, Haridas B, Grinspan ZM, Stevens J.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28214777
 * 2) "Continuous Electroencephalography (cEEG) Monitoring and Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients". Khawaja AM, Wang G, Cutter GR, Szaflarski, JP. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28160596
 * 3) "Bursts of seizures in long-term recordings of human focal epilepsy". Karoly PJ, Nurse ES, Freestone DR, Ung H, Cook MJ, Boston R.  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28084639
 * 4) "Long-term continuous monitoring of the preterm brain with diffuse optical tomography and electroencephalography: a technical note on cap manufacturing". Galderisi A, Brigadoi S, Cutini S, Moro SB, Lolli E, Meconi F, Benavides-Varela S, Baraldi E, Amodio P, Cobelli C, Trevisanuto D, Dell'Acqua R. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28042587
 * 5) "Understanding EEG Video Telemetry". https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/education/understanding_eeg_and_video_telemetry/#2  (Pretty informative site for people not in the field).
 * 6) "Dense array EEG: Methodology and new hypothesis on epilepsy syndromes". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01505.x/full (Gave  decent amount of info about EEG and dense-array EEG)
 * 7) "Video EEG". http://www.epilepsy.com/learn/diagnosis/eeg/video-eeg (Info about epilepsy treatment for people not in field)

Rough Outline: General info: -A standard EEG provides a "snapshot" of electrical activity in your child's brain and runs about 30 minutes. When a standard EEG doesn't provide enough information regarding the source of seizures and where they progress, continuous EEG video telemetry may be performed to monitor electrical activity over an extended period of time. - Long-term EEGs are thought to be recording synchronous potentials from postsynaptic bundles of neurons. They use 16-21 electrodes, normally cm apart ,(Lower spatial resolution) placed on the upper cranium while other variations of EEG, such as dense-array EEG, can use up to 256 electrodes noninvasively over a wider area( Higher spatial resolution). - EEG used for determination of epileptic and sometimes non-epileptic discharges in the brain. They are used to determine the neuronal networks involved and the patterns of propagation of the APs.

History: -EEG testing (aka video telemetry). Telemetry is an automated communication process where data is collected at remote or inaccessible points are transmitted for monitoring. -Tele= remote & Metron= Measure -In the field of Neurotelemtry.

Process (Methods): -Use various placements and number of electrodes, depending on type of EEG, on the upper cranial portion of a patient’s head. - A net with 256 electrodes are placed on the patient’s head which can take up to 30 mins.

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