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Epilepsy Monitoring Unit At Palm Beach Gardens Medical

Center Specializes In Diagnosis And Treatment Of Seizures

If you’ve been having unexplained seizures, whether A team of three neurologists from the Palm Beach Hernandez-Frau specializes in intractable epilepsy
it’s sudden jerking movements of your arms and legs Neuroscience Institute (PBNI) including Dr. Pedro for drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy surgery evaluation
to suddenly falling into a haze and confusion, you may Hernandez-Frau and Dr. Juan Carlos Muniz also provide and long-term video-electroencephalography (EEG)
have epilepsy. You would be far from alone. More than epilepsy care as epileptologists on staff at the Epilepsy monitoring. Muniz provides ICU continuous monitoring,
2.4 million people are already diagnosed, with 150,000 Monitoring Unit at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. long-term video-EEG monitoring, and intractable
people finding out they have it each year. In addition, Dr. Sujai “Ron” Nath is a neurohospitalist epilepsy, and in addition, at PBNI, headache and Botox
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center was the first in with PBNI who has an interest in epilepsy care. for migraines care. Additionally, both Hernandez-Frau
the county to introduce a dedicated epilepsy monitoring “We have board-certified neurologists specializing in and Muniz are bilingual and able to communicate with
unit. We offer long-term video monitoring, where the epilepsy care at our epilepsy monitoring unit. The unit evaluates Spanish speaking patients. Nath has additional areas of
patient is continuously observed on camera while their patients with seizure-like episodes or any type of seizures to interest in headaches and multiple sclerosis treatments as
brainwave activity is tracked. This will tell our team what either confirm or clarify diagnosis,” said Hernandez-Frau. well as experience in intraoperative monitoring, a process
triggers a seizure, decipher if the seizure is epileptic or According to the World Health Organization (WHO), involving a board-certified neurophysiologist monitoring
psychogenic, and if it is epilepsy, establish which specific although many underlying disease mechanisms can lead a patient’s brain, spinal cord and nerves at risk during
type. to epilepsy, the cause of the disease is still unknown in surgery as well as performing tests to measure central
This type of specialized monitoring can detect the about 50 percent of cases globally. Hernandez-Frau points nervous system function during a procedure.
epileptic activity that a routine electroencephalogram out about 30 percent of patients diagnosed with seizures For more information on Advanced Neurological Care
(EEG) cannot. do not have seizures and their episodes are something available at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center visit
Usually, patients spend three to five days in our unit, that looks like seizures. pbgmc.com/services/neurosciences or call (561) 622-
filled with dedicated staff, including technologists, “At the epilepsy monitoring unit we focus on gathering more 1411. To learn more about the Palm Beach Neuroscience
nurses, and doctors. information to evaluate other potential treatment options.” Institute visit PBNI.com or call (561) 882-6214.
Northern Notes

Easements And Rights-Of- destination. Like other easements, a right-of-way agreement
gives the recipient no ownership over your property.
Way On Your Property However, a right-of-way does not give the holder access to
another person’s property for “use” of the property. A right-
By Katie Roundtree, of-way only allows a person to pass over another person’s
Director of Finance and property. Rights-of-way are for travel purposes across the
Administration, Northern land, such as a driveway or a walkway. They do not allow
Palm Beach County you to use the land for any other reasons.
Improvement District Once an easement is created, the easement owner has
If you own property in the right and the duty to maintain it for its purpose unless
Florida, you may encounter otherwise agreed between the easement owner and the owner
the terms easement and of the underlying property. The easement owner can make
right-of-way. Both of them repairs and improvements to the easement, provided that
affect how you can use your those repairs or modifications do not interfere with the use
property and the rights to and enjoyment of the easement by the owner of the property
your property. They are used through which the easement exists.
frequently in areas where Northern Palm Beach County to access something on the other side. Another example is Please be mindful of easements on your property and keep
Improvement District has maintenance responsibilities. They flowage easement which allows water from one location those areas clear of personal property. Access to the district’s
are essential to allow the district to access areas where it may to travel through a water body owned by someone else to facilities is critical, especially during storm events.
not have ownership rights near our facilities or waterways. another. Suppose district staff or contractors cannot get to an area
An easement is a legal agreement that allows another Some common easements in our area are drainage, water needing maintenance. In that case, there could be future
party to use the subject property for a specific purpose. management, utility and landscape buffers. Each of these unintended consequences.
They do not give the user ownership over the property; they allows the holder to access the property for the purpose NPDES tip: Dirt, oil, and debris that collect in parking
enable the user to use the subject property without being stated. They could be a means to access a pipe, a water body, lots and paved areas can be washed into the storm sewer
arrested for trespassing. An example is a drainage easement an electrical connection, or landscaping around a facility. system and eventually enter local waterbodies. Sweep up
located between two homes. Within one or both parcels is A right-of-way is a broader type of easement that allows litter and debris from sidewalks, driveways and parking lots,
a designated area where the easement holder may travel anyone to travel through the subject property to reach another especially around storm drains.
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