What will be setup in my home, and what areas will be recorded on the camera?Īt night it will be positioned in the bedroom and aimed at the side of the bed where you will be sleeping. The video recording is continuous, but it will be analyzed and edited by powerful software so that only portions that require the physician’s attention will be viewed. So, even if your family member were to walk in front of the cameras, it would be very unlikely that the physician would ever see that particular portion of the video. But the physician is only interested in seeing you, the patient, on video when there are clinically significant events occurring.

If one of your family members happens to walk in front of the video camera, they will be on the video briefly. Will my family members or spouse be videotaped? Why the Test is Performed?ĮEG is used to help diagnose the presence and type of seizure disorders, to look for causes of confusion or periods of unconsciousness, and to evaluate head injuries, tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, and metabolic disturbances that affect the brain. The ambulatory EEG device will be worn for a specific amount of time that your doctor believes will give him/her the best chance to find what they are looking for, usually 72 hours in most cases. Ambulatory EEG monitoring enables your doctor to observe your EEG over a prolonged period of time, and ambulatory monitoring can help diagnose your type (seizure, spells, etc.) and provides important information regarding the best treatment for your seizures. This allows the doctor to see any kind of events that you may have while you are conducting some of your normal daily activities and during sleep. Video Ambulatory EEG is considered to be the Gold Standard for EEG testing.

PREPARING FOR A VIDEO AMBULATORY EEG What is a Video Ambulatory EEG?Īn electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test to detect problems in the electrical activity of the brain.

Ambulatory eeg