Developing an effective program to complete ictal SPECT in the epilepsy monitoring unit.

Abstract:

:With the availability of more stable radiopharmaceuticals, the ictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) perfusion study has emerged as a useful noninvasive functional neuroimaging tool in the presurgical evaluation of patients with medically intractable partial epilepsy. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the development of a program using trained electroencephalography (EEG) technologists to perform ictal injections in the epilepsy monitoring unit enabled a more efficient delivery of radiopharmaceuticals and therefore a higher specificity and sensitivity of outcome. All patients admitted to the epilepsy monitoring unit for prolonged video/EEG monitoring as part of the presurgical evaluation were eligible for completion of an ictal SPECT study using a three-way needle-free apparatus. Over a 19-month period, 85 (77%)) of 110 eligible patients were successfully injected during typical partial seizures. Various factors were analyzed including latency of ictal injection (27.3+/-20.8 [S.D.] s), radiopharmaceutical wastage (40% dose utilization), radiation safety parameters (1.6% contamination rate), and preliminary data of localizing value. Our results show that ictal SPECT can be a safe, noninvasive procedure completed on a routine basis in the epilepsy monitoring unit when appropriately trained support staff are utilized as part of a structured multidisciplinary program.

journal_name

Epilepsy Res

journal_title

Epilepsy research

authors

Smith BJ,Karvelis KC,Cronan S,Porter W,Smith L,Pantelic MV,Elisevich K

doi

10.1016/s0920-1211(98)00097-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-02-01 00:00:00

pages

189-97

issue

2-3

eissn

0920-1211

issn

1872-6844

pii

S0920-1211(98)00097-7

journal_volume

33

pub_type

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