RESUMO

An attempt was made to identify guidelines to help establish epilepsy monitoring units in developing countries. We assessed the time distribution of seizures during video-EEG monitoring and we also estimated the minimum time required for such a procedure and the impact of these variables upon the health insurance system. Mean time for recording five stereotyped clinical events was 72 hours, with a significant number of events recorded between midnight and 0600 hours (P < 0.05). This pilot study may help to establish local policies that will warrant an adequate work-up for our patients.

Assuntos

Países em Desenvolvimento , Eletroencefalografia , Epilepsia/diagnóstico , Programas Nacionais de Saúde , Polissonografia , Gravação em Vídeo , Adolescente , Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Córtex Cerebral/efeitos dos fármacos , Córtex Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Criança , Eletroencefalografia/efeitos dos fármacos , Epilepsia/tratamento farmacológico , Epilepsia/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Política de Saúde , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Projetos Piloto , Estudos de Tempo e Movimento