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Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management
Background: Epilepsy is a devastating neurological disorder that affects nearly 70 million people worldwide. Epilepsy causes uncontrollable, unprovoked and unpredictable seizures that reduce the quality of life of those afflicted, with 1-9 epileptic patient deaths per 1000 patients occurring annuall...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34749622 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570159X19666211108153001 |
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author | Ong, Jen Sze Wong, Shuet Nee Arulsamy, Alina Watterson, Jessica L. Shaikh, Mohd. Farooq |
author_facet | Ong, Jen Sze Wong, Shuet Nee Arulsamy, Alina Watterson, Jessica L. Shaikh, Mohd. Farooq |
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description | Background: Epilepsy is a devastating neurological disorder that affects nearly 70 million people worldwide. Epilepsy causes uncontrollable, unprovoked and unpredictable seizures that reduce the quality of life of those afflicted, with 1-9 epileptic patient deaths per 1000 patients occurring annually due to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Predicting the onset of seizures and managing them may help patients from harming themselves and may improve their well-being. For a long time, electroencephalography (EEG) devices have been the mainstay for seizure detection and monitoring. This systematic review aimed to elucidate and critically evaluate the latest advancements in medical devices, besides EEG, that have been proposed for the management and prediction of epileptic seizures. A literature search was performed on three databases, PubMed, Scopus and EMBASE. Methods: Following title/abstract screening by two independent reviewers, 27 articles were selected for critical analysis in this review. Results: These articles revealed ambulatory, non-invasive and wearable medical devices, such as the in-ear EEG devices; the accelerometer-based devices and the subcutaneous implanted EEG devices might be more acceptable than traditional EEG systems. In addition, extracerebral signal-based devices may be more efficient than EEG-based systems, especially when combined with an intervention trigger. Although further studies may still be required to improve and validate these proposed systems before commercialization, these findings may give hope to epileptic patients, particularly those with refractory epilepsy, to predict and manage their seizures. Conclusion: The use of medical devices for epilepsy may improve patients' independence and quality of life and possibly prevent sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). |
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spelling | pubmed-98811042023-02-09 Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management Ong, Jen Sze Wong, Shuet Nee Arulsamy, Alina Watterson, Jessica L. Shaikh, Mohd. Farooq Curr Neuropharmacol Neurology Background: Epilepsy is a devastating neurological disorder that affects nearly 70 million people worldwide. Epilepsy causes uncontrollable, unprovoked and unpredictable seizures that reduce the quality of life of those afflicted, with 1-9 epileptic patient deaths per 1000 patients occurring annually due to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Predicting the onset of seizures and managing them may help patients from harming themselves and may improve their well-being. For a long time, electroencephalography (EEG) devices have been the mainstay for seizure detection and monitoring. This systematic review aimed to elucidate and critically evaluate the latest advancements in medical devices, besides EEG, that have been proposed for the management and prediction of epileptic seizures. A literature search was performed on three databases, PubMed, Scopus and EMBASE. Methods: Following title/abstract screening by two independent reviewers, 27 articles were selected for critical analysis in this review. Results: These articles revealed ambulatory, non-invasive and wearable medical devices, such as the in-ear EEG devices; the accelerometer-based devices and the subcutaneous implanted EEG devices might be more acceptable than traditional EEG systems. In addition, extracerebral signal-based devices may be more efficient than EEG-based systems, especially when combined with an intervention trigger. Although further studies may still be required to improve and validate these proposed systems before commercialization, these findings may give hope to epileptic patients, particularly those with refractory epilepsy, to predict and manage their seizures. Conclusion: The use of medical devices for epilepsy may improve patients' independence and quality of life and possibly prevent sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Bentham Science Publishers 2022-04-18 2022-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9881104/ /pubmed/34749622 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570159X19666211108153001 Text en © 2022 Bentham Science Publishers https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Ong, Jen Sze Wong, Shuet Nee Arulsamy, Alina Watterson, Jessica L. Shaikh, Mohd. Farooq Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management |
title | Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management |
title_full | Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management |
title_fullStr | Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management |
title_full_unstemmed | Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management |
title_short | Medical Technology: A Systematic Review on Medical Devices Utilized for Epilepsy Prediction and Management |
title_sort | medical technology: a systematic review on medical devices utilized for epilepsy prediction and management |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9881104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34749622 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570159X19666211108153001 |
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