Publications by authors named "Zaloa Agirre-Arrizubieta"
Objective: Assessment of the value of review of home videos by a pediatric multidisciplinary team (MDT) in a pediatric neurophysiology department.
Methods: We describe and evaluate the review of home videos alongside clinical history and previous investigations from patients referred to the Evelina pediatric EEG department at a twice-monthly MDT meeting between 01/2021 and 09/2022. We retrospectively analyzed measures of video quality, quantity and duration, time taken from referral to MDT meeting, pre-MDT and post-MDT meeting proposed diagnosis and clinical outcomes.
Objective: The high prevalence and impact of neurodevelopmental comorbidities in childhood epilepsy are now well known, as are the increased risks and familial aggregation of reading disability (RD) and speech sound disorder (SSD) in rolandic epilepsy (RE). The risk factors for RD in the general population include male sex, SSD, and ADHD, but it is not known if these are the same in RE or whether there is a contributory role of seizure and treatment-related variables.
Methods: An observational study of 108 probands with RE (age range: 3.
Article Synopsis
- The study examines whether Magnetoencephalography (MEG) can provide unique insights to enhance placement of intracranial recording (IR) sites for patients with seizures.
- Twelve patients using MEG were compared with another twelve matched patients who did not use MEG, focusing on seizure onset identification and surgical outcomes.
- Although the MEG group's patients were more complex, both groups achieved similar success rates in implantation, indicating MEG's potential to aid in challenging cases where traditional assessments were inconclusive.
Background: Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) is associated with high mortality. We report a potential treatment alternative.
Hypothesis: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the centromedian thalamic nuclei (CMN) can be effective in the treatment of RSE.
MEG interictal spikes as recorded in epilepsy patients are a reflection of intracranial interictal activity. This study investigates the relationship between the estimated sources of MEG spikes and the location, distribution and size of interictal spikes in the invasive ECoG of a group of 38 epilepsy patients that are monitored for pre-surgical evaluation. An amplitude/surface area measure is defined to quantify and rank ECoG spikes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study investigates the relationship between the sources of MEG interictal spikes and the distribution of spikes in invasive ECoG in a group of 38 epilepsy patients. An amplitude/surface area measure is defined to quantify ECoG spikes. It is found that all MEG spikes are associated with an ECoG spike that is, according to this measure, among the largest in each patient.
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