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12/10/07
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Professionals in Epilepsy Care Symposium:Controversies and Challenges of EEG Monitoring
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Washington-Five professionals who care for people with epilepsy shared their thoughts on how to improve the experience of patients who are admitted to the epilepsy monitoring unit. Judy Ahn-Ewing, a registered EEG technician, explained that patients usually come to the hospital for EEG/video monitoring for one of two reasons; to record their seizures in order to make a diagnosis, or to record seizures in preparation for epilepsy surgery. However, patients may feel isolated from their families and jobs while waiting to have seizures in the hospital.
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