Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients having undergone receptive language mapping with and without sedation.
| Non-sedated | Sedated | |
|---|---|---|
| N | 46 | 49 |
| Gender | 24 M/23 F | 21 M/28 F |
| Age range (Mean ± SD) | 6–18 years (12.8 ±3.4) | 18 months–15 years (6.1 ±3.2) |
| Handedness | 37 Right/9 left | 27 Right/15 left/7 undetermined |
| Chief complaint | ||
| Symptomatic Partial Seizures | 17 | 18 |
| Symptomatic Generalized Seizures | 3 | 15 |
| Symptomatic Mixed Generalized Seizures | – | 6 |
| Cryptogenic Partial Seizures | 9 | – |
| Cryptogenic Mixed Seizures | 1 | 4 |
| Idiopathic Generalized Seizures | 2 | – |
| Idiopathic Mixed Generalized Seizures | 3 | – |
| Paroxysmal Events | 6 | 3 |
| Neuroepothelial Tumor | 1 | – |
| Ganglioglioma | 2 | – |
| Astrocytoma | 1 | – |
| Ependymoma | – | 1 |
| Cervical Medullary Tumor | – | 1 |
| Aterio-Venous Malformation (AVM) | 1 | 1 |