Aggregate Evidence Quality | Grade C |
Benefits | Reduce unnecessary testing, sedation, caregiver/infant anxiety, and costs |
Avoid consequences of false-positive or nonspecific results | |
Risks, harm, cost | Could miss early diagnosis of seizure disorder |
Benefit-harm assessment | The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing, sedation, and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for epilepsy |
Intentional vagueness | None |
Role of patient preferences | Caregivers may seek reassurance from an EEG, but they may not appreciate study limitations and the potential of false-positive results |
Exclusions | None |
Strength | Moderate recommendation |
Key references | 32,84,85 |
Aggregate Evidence Quality | Grade C |
Benefits | Reduce unnecessary testing, sedation, caregiver/infant anxiety, and costs |
Avoid consequences of false-positive or nonspecific results | |
Risks, harm, cost | Could miss early diagnosis of seizure disorder |
Benefit-harm assessment | The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing, sedation, and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for epilepsy |
Intentional vagueness | None |
Role of patient preferences | Caregivers may seek reassurance from an EEG, but they may not appreciate study limitations and the potential of false-positive results |
Exclusions | None |
Strength | Moderate recommendation |
Key references | 32,84,85 |