Electroencephalography: Experience at Abakaliki Nigeria
| العنوان: | Electroencephalography: Experience at Abakaliki Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | Chukwuemeka O. Eze, Ugochukwu Uzodimma Nnadozie, Emeka O Onwe, Francis C. Okoro, Chiamaka Okereke, Olaronke F. Afolabi, Richard L. Ewah, Eugene C. Nzei |
| المصدر: | Global Journal of Health Science. 13:71 |
| بيانات النشر: | Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Patient characteristics, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, Electroencephalography, medicine.disease, Eeg patterns, Hospital based study, Epilepsy, Seizure Disorders, medicine, Observational study, business |
| الوصف: | BACKGROUND: Electroencephalography (EEG) remains the most important investigative modality in the evaluation of individuals with epilepsy and other neurological disorders. The pattern of EEG done in a tertiary hospital at Abakaliki Nigeria is not known. It is against this background that we embarked on this retrospective observational study on the EEG pattern and patient characteristics in Neurophysiology laboratory at Abakaliki Nigeria. METHOD: This is a retrospective observational hospital based study where the attendance register of the Neurophysiology laboratory was used to extract information on the demography, clinical characteristics and EEG reports of patients seen at the Laboratory from November 2018 to April 2021. RESULTS: A total of 125 (Male- 69, Female- 56) persons did EEG over the study period, and 75.2% had epileptiform waves (generalized- 16.8%, focal- 57.6%). CONCLUSION: EEG services are been utilized at Abakaliki in evaluation of seizure disorder and other paroxysmal neurological events with more prevalent focal epileptiform waves. |
| تدمد: | 1916-9744 1916-9736 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::293b3704cf54ee28c7290a6dd7b9aa0e https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v13n9p71 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........293b3704cf54ee28c7290a6dd7b9aa0e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19169744 19169736 |
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