Epilepsy

Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD, and Elaine Wirrell, MD, provide an overview of Dravet syndrome and the seizure triggers in pediatric patients.

Peter Crino, MD, PhD, leads the discussion on exciting developments in approved therapies for managing seizures in TSC including the use of everolimus and cannabidiol.

The neurologist at Cleveland Clinic addressed aspects of care for elders with generalized epilepsy that need to be further researched.

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After propensity adjustment, there was no difference in the risk of epilepsy or age at epilepsy onset for infants whose ASM was discontinued vs maintained at hospital discharge.

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The professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic detailed the next steps in understanding more about the impact social determinants of health have on epilepsy care.

Mary Meskis, executive director of the Dravet Syndrome Foundation, provided a opportunities the organization is offering in honor of Dravet Syndrome Awareness Month.

Six months after being discharged from the hospital for COVID-19, patients scored worse than average on 1 or more NeuroQoL scale components, which measured anxiety, sleep, fatigue, and depression.

The neurologist at Cleveland Clinic discussed how his data may change clinicians’ perception on the management and prevalence of generalized epilepsy in elders.

Researchers could not identify any risk factors for contracting COVID-19 in the population with epilepsy.

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Vineet Punia, MD, MS, shared thoughts on his study from AAN 2021 which characterized generalized epilepsy in older adults and the elderly, and raised questions about its overall prevalence.

The neurologist from Cleveland Clinic offered his insight into the areas that he believes responsive neurostimulation could provide benefit to patients that need further examination.

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The safety profile of the SLC13A5 vector was “excellent” according to study authors, with no adverse effects on weight, general activity, or survival in knockout mice and wild type littermates.

Sleep depth was observed to be an independent predictor of heart rate change following seizure for patients with epilepsy.

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The Epilepsy Digital Experience Navigator, or EDEN, platform, is being developed in tandem with Embleema, with an aim of improving data use and collection for individuals with epilepsy.

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The neurologist at University of Utah discussed the potential of using teleneurology to diagnose neurological conditions.