Adzaku F K, Khalid M E
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
East Afr Med J. 1997 Jul;74(7):438-41.
Electroencephalography plays an important role in the diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with epilepsy. We report the electroencephalographic findings in patients with epilepsy or history suggestive of epilepsy who were referred to the electroencephalographic unit of the major Psychiatric Hospital in Abha in the southwestern province of Saudi Arabia. Abnormal electroencephalographic finding was present in 50% of the referrals. Grand mal was by far the commonest type of epilepsy in our patients. The significance of our findings and the variation from other reported studies are discussed.
脑电图在癫痫患者的诊断及后续治疗中起着重要作用。我们报告了被转诊至沙特阿拉伯西南部省份阿卜哈市主要精神病医院脑电图室的癫痫患者或有癫痫病史提示的患者的脑电图检查结果。50%的转诊患者存在脑电图异常。在我们的患者中，癫痫大发作是迄今为止最常见的癫痫类型。我们讨论了研究结果的意义以及与其他报道研究的差异。
