Kellaway P
Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol Suppl. 1985;37:267-83.
Comprehensive video/EEG/polygraphic monitoring over prolonged periods affords a precise diagnosis of epilepsy and the differentiation between true epileptic events and other abnormal and normal behaviors of infants and children which may be thought to be epileptic. In conjunction with serial monitoring of serum anticonvulsant drug levels, comprehensive monitoring also provides an objective data base for the rational treatment and management of seizure disorders which heretofore have been based on empirical trial and error. Comprehensive monitoring over prolonged periods improves diagnosis and management because it (1) increases the detection of specific electrical epileptiform events, (2) makes possible the precise characterization of the clinical and electrical seizure activities and their interrelationships, and (3) provides a method for the quantitation of the epileptic process in the brain before and after treatment.
长时间进行全面的视频/脑电图/多导睡眠图监测，能够对癫痫进行精确诊断，并区分真正的癫痫发作事件与婴幼儿可能被误诊为癫痫的其他异常及正常行为。结合血清抗惊厥药物水平的连续监测，全面监测还为癫痫疾病的合理治疗与管理提供了客观数据库，而此前癫痫疾病的治疗一直基于经验性的反复试验。长时间的全面监测改善了诊断与管理，因为它（1）增加了对特定癫痫样电活动事件的检测，（2）使临床和癫痫发作电活动及其相互关系的精确特征描述成为可能，（3）提供了一种在治疗前后对大脑癫痫过程进行定量分析的方法。
