Smartphone videos for infantile epileptic spasms triaging and assessment (VISTA study): Impact of education and standardized clinical history on diagnostic accuracy
Christine L. Shrock, Margaret C. Savage, Lauren Sham, Christopher Cortina, Kathryn P. Gray, I‐Hsiu Lee, Chahnez C. Triki, Jacqueline French, J. Helen Cross, Orrin Devinsky, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Archana A. Patel · 2026
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Christine L Shrock leads a twelve-author multicentre study, called VISTA. It tests whether smartphone videos can triage infantile epileptic spasms. Fast treatment protects the developing brain in this dangerous seizure type. Yet brain-wave testing is scarce in many regions. Clinicians worldwide watched nine videos of children with confirmed spasms or look-alike movements three times: cold, after brief training, and with clinical history added, answering diagnosis and management surveys each round.
Starting accuracy averaged just under two thirds. Training plus history lifted it clearly, raising the odds of a correct call by over four fifths, with strong sensitivity and overall discrimination. Confidence and willingness to treat without a brain-wave test both grew, and accuracy rose with confidence. Experienced physicians outperformed trainees. The authors back video triage, boosted by short training, for settings with limited testing access.
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| CREATOR | Christine L. Shrock, Margaret C. Savage, Lauren Sham, Christopher Cortina, Kathryn P. Gray, I‐Hsiu Lee, Chahnez C. Triki, Jacqueline French, J. Helen Cross, Orrin Devinsky, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Archana A. Patel |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39660 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |