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A Review Of Electroencephalograms Done At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, J. O. Jowi, Z. P Kidiga, M. G. Gitau
A Review Of Electroencephalograms Done At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, J. O. Jowi, Z. P Kidiga, M. G. Gitau
Internal Medicine, East Africa
Background: Electroencephalogram based studies done elsewhere suggest that epileptiform activity originates predominantly from the left cortical hemisphere. There is evidence that partial epilepsies (focal spike and wave epileptiform discharges on tracings) connotes focal;secondary structural cortical dysfunction.Studies seeking similar findings have not been done locally.
Objective: To review electroencephalograms (BEGs) done at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH); looking for various types of epileptiform discharges and their cerebral cortex of origin.
Design: Retrospective observational study.
Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya- from January 1986 to June 2004
Results: A total10431EEG records were reviewed. Ninety Eight percent of referrals for EEG evaluation was for …