MINITASK  4

GP sends a 6-year-old boy with preexisting attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

The last 3 months both the parents and the teacher noticed short episodes when the boy does not
respond and stays staring blankly into space.

A)   What types of epileptic seizures could be taken into your differencial-diagnostic
consideration ?

B)   What questions would you ask the parents in order to make the most precise idea of wheather
these are epileptic seizures or not ?

C)   How is the hyperventilation test performed and what is it used for ?

D)  Which type of EEG would you recommend in this case: a routine EEG, video EEG or stereo-EEG ?