"Ambulatory EEG Systems Offer a Cost-Effective Alternative"

Long-term video-EEG monitoring has become a mainstay of modern neurological diagnosis and treatment. It has proven critical for differentiating epilepsy from psychogenic events, sleep disorders and other mimickers of seizures.

In addition, video-EEG monitoring can characterize the frequency and type of epileptic seizure, as well as localize the area of the brain from which ictal events originate. Unfortunately, in hospital monitoring over several days is often not possible.

Patients may be unwilling or unable to spend so much time in the hospital for a variety of reasons. Ambulatory EEG systems offer a cost effective alternative.

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