EEG (electroencephalogram)
at diagnosis
tests per year, UK, at diagnosis
“If the person's history and examination suggests an epileptic seizure, and a diagnosis of epilepsy is suspected, consider a routine EEG carried out while awake to support diagnosis and provide information about seizure type or epilepsy syndrome.”
NICE NG217, Epilepsies in children, young people and adults, section 1, 2022-04
- Kind of source
- Clinical guideline
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- EEG reports have no dedicated data type, so they sit under health record.
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.