Risk of choking and aspiration during inpatient video-EEG monitoring.

Seizures can cause airway compromise and aspiration. This is a potential concern during inpatient video-EEG monitoring (vEEG), where seizures are provoked for diagnostic purposes. The frequency of aspiration and efficacy of nursing interventions to protect the airway were evaluated in this retrospective study of 590 partial complex (PC) and generalized tonic clonic (GTC) seizures recording during vEEG.

Occipital epilepsy: lateral versus mesial.

This study compares ictal semiology, neurological examination and scalp EEG between lateral and mesial occipital epilepsy to assess the contribution non-invasive data make in determining the epileptogenic region within an occipital lobe. We assessed seizure origin in 41 occipital patients as lateral (11 patients), mesial (20) and both surfaces (10) as indicated by subdurally recorded seizures (nine), a lesion whose removal reduced seizure quantity by > or =90% (six), or who met both criteria (26). No aspect of semiology distinguished lateral from mesially originating occipital seizures.