Electroencephalography sleep (EEG sleep) - preparation

Infants:

Shorten the last episode of sleep before the examination by about half. Try to book the appointment at the time of the child's usual sleep. The child should be on an empty stomach so that you can feed him directly during the appointment, which distracts the child from the procedure and makes it easier to fall asleep.

Older children and adults:

The night before the examination, you should reduce the amount of sleep to half the usual duration. Go to bed at the usual time, get up accordingly early. Before the examination, there should be a period of wakefulness from 3 hours (for children) to 8 hours (for adults). It is advisable to book the procedure at the time of the usual sleep for children and afternoon time for adults. You should come to the procedure well-fed.

If desired, you can bring personal accessories for sleep - toys, pillows, underwear, etc.

It should be remembered that sleep deprivation increases the likelihood of epileptic seizures.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

EEG is performed in accordance with the recommendations of the International Federation of Clinical Epilepsy and the International League Against Epilepsy (https://www.ilae.org/files/dmfile/routine-and-sleep-eeg---ukrainian---ua.pdf)

Daytime sleep EEG involves recording in the waking state, N1-N2 sleep stages and standard stimulation procedures. The procedure lasts up to 90 minutes.

A normal EEG involves recording in the waking state and standard stimulation procedures. The procedure lasts up to 60 minutes.

The duration of the EEG recording depends on the data obtained.