Saturday, January 3, 2015

Hyperventilation during routine EEG recording: are “3 minutes” really necessary?

Hyperventilation during routine EEG recording: are "3 minutes" really necessary?
Pediatric Neurology

Hyperventilation induces absence seizures in children with absence epilepsy, and routine electroencephalography studies include 3 minutes of hyperventilation. We aimed at determining the duration of hyperventilation required to provoke a first absence seizure, in order to establish whether 3 minutes of the procedure are indeed necessary.

Original Article: http://www.pedneur.com/article/S0887-8994(14)00760-7/abstract?rss=yes

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