Injection of prophylactic lorazepam versus antiseizure drugs on the localization value of ictal SPECT studies and treatment-emergent adverse events: A single-center prospective study.

Objective: We aimed to examine the impact of resumption of home antiseizure drugs alone (ASD-) compared with adjunct administration of scheduled intravenous (IV) lorazepam 2 mg every 6 h (ASD+) following ictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) injection on the localization value of SPECT studies and treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs).

Methods: We conducted a prospective study at Mayo Clinic inpatient epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) between January 2018 and May 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida. The ASD- and ASD+ groups were compared for concordance of SPECT studies with the epilepsy surgical conference (ESC) consensus or intracranial electroencephalography (icEEG) findings as reference.

Cortical processing during smartphone text messaging.

Objective: The objective of this study was to report the EEG features of text messaging using smartphones.

Methods: One hundred twenty-nine patients were prospectively evaluated during video-EEG monitoring (VEM) over 16months. A reproducible texting rhythm (TR) present during active text messaging with a smartphone was compared with passive and forced audio telephone use, thumb/finger movements, cognitive testing/calculation, scanning eye movements, and speech/language tasks in patients with and without epilepsy.

The Texting Rhythm: A Novel EEG Waveform Using Smartphones.

Introduction: We report a unique EEG phenomenon in patients with paroxysmal neurological events undergoing video EEG monitoring.

Methods: Two epilepsy centers analyzed the interictal scalp EEG in patients using personal electronic devices during epilepsy monitoring. The texting rhythm (TR) was defined as a reproducible, stimulus-evoked, generalized frontocentral monomorphic burst of 5-6 Hz theta consistently induced by active text messaging.