@article {Attard Navarro301, author = {Giulia Attard Navarro and Khalid Hamandi}, title = {Lessons from the video-EEG telemetry unit}, volume = {22}, number = {4}, pages = {301--310}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1136/practneurol-2021-003313}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Epilepsy is a clinical diagnosis, based primarily on patient and witness histories. Where there is diagnostic uncertainty or when epilepsy surgery is being considered, long-term video-EEG monitoring in a telemetry unit remains the gold standard investigation for diagnostic clarification or presurgical localisation. We present six illustrative cases, highlighting important points that emerged during video-EEG review including potential pitfalls in video-EEG interpretation, and how the investigation helped with diagnosis and subsequent management. The diagnostic process strongly emphasises seizure semiology, more so than EEG.}, issn = {1474-7758}, URL = {https://pn.bmj.com/content/22/4/301}, eprint = {https://pn.bmj.com/content/22/4/301.full.pdf}, journal = {Practical Neurology} }