SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD: UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHILD’S TESTS – “WHY DO AN EEG ANYWAY? AND WHY REPEAT IT?”
“I still don’t understand why one does an EEG,” you say. “You’ve said it doesn’t diagnose epilepsy. You’ve stated that it doesn’t rule out epilepsy. It sounds to me like it’s useless, one of those boondoggle tests doctors request in order to make more money.” Despite all of its limitations, the EEG is useful for [...]