In a study of 120 events from 35 consecutive patients referred for video electroencephalography (VEEG) monitoring:
Video-documented predictors of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures were:
- “preserved awareness,” “eye flutter,” and “bystanders can intensify or alleviate”)
Video-documented predictors of epileptic seizures were:
- “abrupt onset,” “eye-opening/widening,” and postictal “confusion/sleep”
However, “eyewitness reports of these 6 signs were inaccurate and not statistically different from guessing.”
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