Meeting abstract

USE OF EVOKED POTENTIALS IN CHILD NEUROLOGY

Katarina Bošnjak Nađ ; Special hospital for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, Zagreb, Croatia
Ljiljana Popović Miočinović ; Special hospital for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Evoked potentials are the brain's response to repetitive stimulation of specific neural pathways. The goal of this study is to describe the use of evoked potentials of short latency in child neurology and to present our experience with the investigation of auditory (AEP), visual (VEP) and somatosensory (SSEP) evoked potentials. We have been using AEP since 2000 for objective audiometry and diagnosis of peripheral and central hearing defects. AEP can also be used in the diagnosis of acoustic neuromas, cerebellar-pontine angle tumors, stroke, neurometabolic and neurodegenerative disorders and well as in the differential diagnosis of coma. We have been utilizing VEP since 2002 for diagnosis of neuro-ophthalmologic disorders in high-risk children and children with cerebral palsy or psychomotor retardation, and for diagnosis and follow up of demyelinating diseases and West syndrome. VEP is also used in the diagnosis and follow up of epilepsy, headache, neurocutaneous diseases, and neurometabolic and neurodegenerative disorders. We have used SSEP over the last year in high-risk children and children with cerebral palsy or myoclonic epilepsy. SEEP is used in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, neurodegenerative disorders, in the differential diagnosis of brain death, and in monitoring functional integrity of neural structures during surgery. In our experience, evoked potentials are useful for early diagnosis of visual and auditory deficits, for differentiating high-risk children with probable periventricular defects, and for diagnosis and follow up of demyelinating diseases and West syndrome. Early diagnosis indicates early rehabilitation.

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Hrčak ID:

29665

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/29665

Publication date:

18.11.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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