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. 2024 Feb 19;15:1366206. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1366206

Table 2.

VEEG findings of bathing seizures in children.

Pt Age Background Interictal epileptic discharge Latency after initiation of bathing Semiology Ictal EEG Duration of seizure in VEEG Background rhythm after seizure
1 1 y 2 m Normal No 4 s Motor arrest, lip cyanosis, tachycardia (105/min → 160/min), pallor, impaired consciousness Left temporal region low-amplitude spike mixture medium amplitude delta wave → diffuse medium-high-medium amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 157 s Generalized slow waves
2 10 m Normal No 7 s Motor arrest, bradycardia (120/min → 90/min), lip cyanosis, impaired consciousness Right temporal region medium-amplitude rhythmic theta and sharp wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 68 s Generalized slow waves
3 10 m Normal No 10 s Motor arrest, lip cyanosis, tachycardia (120/min → 180/min), pallor, impaired consciousness Left temporal region medium-amplitude rhythmic theta and sharp wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 70 s Generalized slow waves
4 9 m Normal No 10 s Lip cyanosis, tachycardia (120/min → 180/min), oral automatisms, limpness, pallor, impaired consciousness Left temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse extremely high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 95 s Generalized slow waves
5 9 m Normal Small spike in Rolandic region 6 s Lip cyanosis, bradycardia (120/min → 90/min), limpness, impaired consciousness Left temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse high-extremely high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 115 s Generalized slow waves
6 8 m Normal No 5–6 s Lip cyanosis, tachycardia (115/min → 180/min), pallor, oral automatisms, limpness, impaired consciousness Right temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse extremely high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 168 s Generalized slow waves
7 8 m Normal No 6 s Lip cyanosis, limpness, Bradycardia (120 → 90/min) impaired consciousness Right temporo-occipital region medium-amplitude rhythmic theta and sharp wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm on the right side 57 s Generalized slow waves
8 9 m 7 d Normal No 3.5 s Lip cyanosis, Bradycardia (125/min → 80/min), wandering gaze, staring gaze, limpness, pallor, impaired consciousness Left temporal region low-medium amplitude rhythmic sharp-slow wave → diffuse high-amplitude delta rhythm in various regions → generalized suppression → diffuse high-amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 201 s Generalized slow waves
9 7 m 19 d Normal No 9 s Lip cyanosis, Bradycardia (120/min → 90/min), limpness, impaired consciousness Left temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions 92 s Generalized slow waves
10 4 m 22 d Slightly slow Sharp in the frontal, central, parietal, and temporal regions 5 s Eyes gazing to the right, clonic movements of the right face and lips, lip cyanosis, Bradycardia (140/min → 85/min), impaired consciousness Left central, parietal, and temporal spike-slow wave rhythm → high-amplitude slow waves in each region → high-extremely high amplitude spikes and spike-slow wave in the left hemisphere, spread midline region 104 s Rhythmic delta slow waves over the left hemisphere