Functional seizures: investigations

Evidence-based neurology checklist on functional seizures: investigations: Staged diagnostic approach History Electroencephalogram (EEG) Ambulatory EEG Video EEG (vEEG) monitoring Neurophysiological tests Neurohumoral tests Neuroimaging Neuropsychological testing Hypnosis Conversation analysis…

Staged diagnostic approach

  • History
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  • Ambulatory EEG
  • Video EEG (vEEG) monitoring
  • Neurophysiological tests
  • Neurohumoral tests
  • Neuroimaging
  • Neuropsychological testing
  • Hypnosis
  • Conversation analysis

Serum prolactin

Anion gap metabolic acidosis

Suggestive seizure induction (SSI)

Emerging investigations

Synonyms

References

  1. LaFrance WC Jr, Baker GA, Duncan R, Goldstein LH, Reuber M. Minimum requirements for the diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a staged approach: a report from the International League Against Epilepsy Nonepileptic Seizures Task Force. Epilepsia 2013; 54:2005-2018. 
  2. Avbersek A, Sisodiya S. Does the primary literature provide support for clinical signs used to distinguish psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures? JNNP2010; 81: 719-725.
  3. Seneviratne U, Minato E, Paul E. How reliable is ictal duration to differentiate psychogenic nonepileptic seizures from epileptic seizures? Epilepsy Behav 2017; 66:127-131. 
  4. Popkirov S, Jungilligens J, Grönheit W, Wellmer J. Diagnosing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: video-EEG monitoring, suggestive seizure induction and diagnostic certainty. Epilepsy Behav 2017; 73:54-58. 
  5. Johnson AL, McLeish AC, Shear PK, Privitera M. Panic and epilepsy in adults: a systematic review. Epilepsy Behav 2018; 85:115-119.
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