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