Sergey P Babailov
Comment on "Monitoring fast chemical processes by reaction-interrupted excitation transfer (ExTra) NMR spectroscopy" by G. E. Wagner, S. Tassoti, S. Glanzer, E. Stadler, R. Herges, G. Gescheidt, K. Zangger, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 12575
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)
interictal 18ffluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography fdgpet used workup epilepsy surgery mri eeg video monitoring conclusive timing fdgpet crucial avoid metabolically dynamic postictal state complicates interpretation exact time window unclear performed systematic review provide evidencebased recommendation minimal time interval last seizure fdgpet acquisition searched pubmed embase articles effect time since last seizure fdgpet outcome quality assessment conducted critical appraisal skills programme cohort study checklist identified five studies three studies classified low moderate quality mainly due undocumented data insufficient statistical measurements two highquality studies included adults temporal lobe epilepsy tle metabolic interictal phase 24 48 hours last seizure depending seizure type recommendation based best available evidence two small study populations tle clinically possible interictal fdgpet adults performed least 24 hours focal aware seizures 48 hours focal impaired awareness focal bilateral tonicclonic seizures