Downloads : Why and how to connect with neurologists in the challenge of therapy refractory epilepsy

"The causes of blackouts are dysfunction of the heart (syncope), of the brain (epilepsy) or of the psyche (psychogenic blackout). The majority are cardiac. In patients who are said to have epilepsy and are refractory to therapy, the diagnosis should be questioned. Diagnostics tests are generally quite unreliable, including the EEG. Investigations have shown that in approximately a quarter of patients diagnosed with epilepsy, the diagnosis was wrong and in fact had a cardiac cause for their blackout. History taking still is the cornerstone for diagnosis. Delay treatment if diagnosis is unsure."