AES: American Epilepsy Society
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Multiple antiepileptic drugs may pose risk of aseptic meningitis
Major finding: Hazard ratios for aseptic meningitis were 1.80, 10.22, and 2.65, respectively, for gabapentin, levetiracetam, and topiramate,...
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Nursing while taking antiepileptic drugs appears safe
Major finding: IQ and Verbal Index scores were higher among children exposed to AEDs via breast milk vs. those not breastfed (adjusted mean IQ...
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Persistent electrographic seizures occur in one-third of convulsive status epilepticus patients
Major finding: Factors significantly associated with persistent electrographic seizures were prior diagnosis of epilepsy (P = .029) and the...
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Drug selection, timing for refractory convulsive status epilepticus need improvement
Major finding: Median time to first benzodiazepine drug was 30 minutes, versus a recommended time of 0-5 minutes.Data source: An observational...
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Primary care docs unsure when to refer for pediatric epilepsy surgery
Major Finding: When asked the threshold of refractory epilepsy, 61% of physicians surveyed did not know, and most of these were family physicians...
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Loneliness common in youth with epilepsy
Major Finding: Compared with their healthy peers, a higher proportion of youth with epilepsy reported that they felt lonely (10.7% vs. 5.5%).
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Neurologic impairment before epilepsy affects long-term outcomes
Major Finding: Among children with convulsive status epilepticus and prior neurologic impairment, the odds ratio for active epilepsy at long-term...
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Parents say epilepsy sudden death discussion is necessary
Major Finding: Parents of children with epilepsy unanimously agreed that they want to know about the risk of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy....
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Study hints at late-life cognitive effects of childhood epilepsy
Major Finding: A cohort of 26 patients with childhood-onset epilepsy who were now aged 45-62 years performed significantly worse than did 31...
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Common first-line antiepileptics have similar efficacy in kids
Major Finding: The rate of antiepileptic drug failure was 2.8/100 person-months among children who took levetiracetam and 1.7/100 person-months...
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ACTH best held in reserve for certain infantile spasms
Major Finding: Sixty percent of children with refractory infantile spasms respond fully to 8 mg/kg per day of oral prednisolone. Data Source:...
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Neurodevelopmental comorbidities common in kids with epilepsy
Major Finding: As early as the time of onset of unprovoked seizures or in the following 6 months, 32% of children had one or more...
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Psychopathology management skills in childhood epilepsy vary across settings
Major Finding: Behavioral health care professionals who provided services in an institution, such as a school or hospital, possessed better...
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Comorbid ADHD Affects Cognition in Epileptic Children
Major Finding: At 5-6 years after onset, children with epilepsy and either ADHD or academic problems had significantly worse cognitive...