Weighing Successes and Challenges in the Establishment of Additional Epilepsy Monitoring Units at the Saudi Arabian Kingdom's Capital City

Epilepsy has a prevalence rate of 6.54 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia, making it a prevalent chronic condition. Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is thought to affect one-third of patients; in these circumstances, a complete presurgical examination in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) is necessary. U...

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Autor principal: Al-Attas, Alawi A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37313106
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38924
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Sumario:Epilepsy has a prevalence rate of 6.54 per 1,000 people in Saudi Arabia, making it a prevalent chronic condition. Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) is thought to affect one-third of patients; in these circumstances, a complete presurgical examination in the epilepsy monitoring unit (EMU) is necessary. Unfortunately, to accommodate the growing number of referrals, the units' availability and number must be reviewed.

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