What to expect during long-term video EEG monitoring

Long-term video EEG monitoring is used to evaluate a child’s brain activity and behavioral activity for an extended period of time. This long-term video EEG monitoring is crucial for determining a child’s epilepsy syndrome and seizure types, as well as pinpointing where seizures come from and how they spread to other areas of the brain. If a specific area in the brain is involved consistently, then that area is likely to be the site of seizure origin.
We offer two state-of-the-art Epilepsy Monitoring Units (EMU). Our EMU at CHOC Hospital in Orange includes eight private rooms, as well as five portable monitoring systems that can be used in any area of the hospital. The CHOC at Mission Hospital EMU offers four private inpatient rooms.
Both EMUs are staffed 24/7 by our registered EEG technologists to monitor patients around the clock. We also have full-time pediatric epileptologists who can access the EEG data remotely at any time. This technology is also used in other hospital units, including the cardiovascular intensive care unit, the neurocritical neonatal intensive care unit and the CHOC at Mission Hospital NICU to monitor brain activity.