AES: American Epilepsy Society
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Patients with epilepsy may develop tolerance to CBD-enriched oil
NEW ORLEANS – About a quarter of patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy develop tolerance to cannabis oil extract.
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SUDEP risk may change over time
NEW ORLEANS – Risk of SUDEP may decrease among patients initially considered to be at high risk, but remain stable...
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Depression is linked to seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy
NEW ORLEANS – Screen patients with epilepsy for psychiatric comorbidities.
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Enzyme-inducing AEDs may raise vitamin D dose requirements
NEW ORLEANS – Patients taking enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs required 1,587 units/day of vitamin D to meet the goal – a 409-unit increase in...
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Teenagers with epilepsy may benefit from depression screening
NEW ORLEANS – As much as 8% of patients with pediatric epilepsy may have moderately severe depressive symptoms, and...
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EEG burst suppression pattern prognosis not always grim post cardiac arrest
WASHINGTON – Characteristics of EEG signals may be associated with prognoses of poor outcomes.
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Nondrug Treatments May Benefit Patients With Epilepsy
WASHINGTON, DC—Many patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy may benefit from nondrug treatments, including vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), the...
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Efficacy of neurostimulation for epilepsy underestimated with patient reports
WASHINGTON – The differences in seizure frequency from baseline were large when comparing patient reports versus electrocorticograph measurements...
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MRI-guided focused ultrasound shows promise for subcortical epilepsy
WASHINGTON – The first patient in a planned pediatric treatment series underwent successful treatment with the procedure.
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Promising add-on therapy for neonatal seizures found active in safety study
The adverse events were not substantially different in the group that received bumetanide.
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ACTH and other standard treatments prove best for infantile spasms
WASHINGTON – Adrenocorticotropic hormone and other standard therapies have a significant edge in gaining successful responses in infantile spasm...
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Fenfluramine trials in Dravet syndrome yield highly positive results
WASHINGTON – Adjunctive fenfluramine reduced mean monthly convulsive seizure frequency by 63.9% vs. placebo and had no evidence of cardiotoxicity...
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Continuous bedside monitoring improved safety of intracranial stereotactic EEG
WASHINGTON – Continuous monitoring was associated with fewer unrecognized seizures and a shorter time to nursing response.
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Hippocampal features may predispose children with febrile status epilepticus to poorer memory
WASHINGTON – Patients’ age at time of febrile status epilepticus, its duration, or their sex did not affect memory task performance.
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Analysis strengthens association between epilepsy onset, menarche
WASHINGTON – Adrenarche encompasses the period of risk.