The misdiagnosis of epilepsy

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy: Appraising risks and managing ...

Epilepsy is still overwhelmingly a clinical diagnosis and rates of misdiagnosed epilepsy remain stubbornly high.

Preventing misdiagnosis of epilepsy - PMC

The diagnosis of epilepsy in children should be made by a specialist, defined as “a paediatrician with training and expertise in the epilepsies”.

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy

Given that most requests emanate from non-specialist settings and most electroencephalograms are reported by neurophysiologists without great experience of ...

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy: Appraising risks and managing ...

Poor history taking and overreliance on laboratory test are the main causes of misdiagnosis. Risks of a false positive diagnosis must be appraised.

Epilepsy Misdiagnosis - Can it Happen and How?

A study showed that as many as 90,000 people were misdiagnosed with epilepsy, which is as many as 1 in 4 cases. It's not surprising that ...

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy and the management of refractory ...

We assessed the frequency, causes and consequences of erroneous diagnosis of epilepsy, and the outcome of patients referred with refractory epilepsy.

The tragedy of over-read EEGs and wrong diagnoses of epilepsy

A major contributor to the misdiagnosis of epilepsy is the tendency to over-read normal tracings as abnormal.

Epilepsy is misdiagnosed in 90 000 people a year in England and ...

Epilepsy is misdiagnosed in 90 000 people a year in England and Wales ... Each year more than 90 000 people in England and Wales are wrongly given ...

Expert: 80% of Patients With Functional Seizures Are Initially ...

Expert: 80% of Patients With Functional Seizures Are Initially Misdiagnosed With Epilepsy ... Lea Davis, PhD, of the Vanderbilt University Medical ...

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy: findings of a population study

One of the findings was the unexpectedly high frequency of the misdiagnosis of epilepsy. Forty-nine of 214 patients with a primary diagnosis of epilepsy were ...

Frequency of a false positive diagnosis of epilepsy

Accordingly, misdiagnosis may result in people unnecessarily experiencing the adverse effects of AEDs, those psychological and social impacts and may ...

Epilepsy: Can It Be Misdiagnosed? - Sana Counselling

Epilepsy: Can It Be Misdiagnosed? ... Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that has the potential to be misdiagnosed due to several factors ...

Misdiagnosis in epilepsy: a review and recognition of diagnostic ...

Misdiagnosis in epilepsy is a common problem with recent studies reporting misdiagnosis rates of 4.6–30% in different settings.

Misdiagnosed? - Epilepsy Foundation

Fainting could be misdiagnosed as seizures. I'm just another patient. It looks like you've done your homework. Perhaps another EEG would help w/ ...

Misdiagnosis of epilepsy: many seizure-like attacks have a ...

We sought to investigate the value of cardiovascular tests to diagnose convulsive syncope in patients with apparent treatment-resistant epilepsy.

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy in children admitted to a tertiary ...

The present study supports the view that misdiagnosis of epilepsy is common. The treating physician should be cautious in diagnosis, especially of staring ...

Why is JME so often misdiagnosed? - Epilepsy Foundation

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a common epilepsy syndrome, which occurs in 7% of all people with epilepsy. If correctly diagnosed, up to 90% of people ...

Errors in EEGs and the misdiagnosis of epilepsy

In making a diagnosis of epilepsy, the history is more important than the EEG, but unfortunately the EEG is often overemphasized, especially by those who know ...

How often is epilepsy misdiagnosed for other conditions?

Conditions That May Be Misdiagnosed as Epilepsy · Other seizure disorders. A patient who is suffering from diabetes or a high fever may suffer seizures as a ...

Misdiagnosis in epilepsy: a review and recognition of diagnostic ...

In 224 children seen after one event, 170 were classified as an epileptic seizure and 54 as an unclear event. At review, the diagnosis was found to be correct ...