Tag: Epilepsy
Poststroke Epilepsy Risk Varies With Antihypertensive Treatment
Risk for PSE was lower for patients treated with ARBs and higher for those receiving calcium channel blockers, beta-blockers
People With Epilepsy Have Higher Likelihood of Cognitive Impairment
Depressive symptoms, anxiety seen across patient groups referred to Austin Hospital First Seizure Clinic
Usual/Permanent Night Shifts, Poor Sleep Quality Linked to Epilepsy
Higher risk for epilepsy also seen for sleep duration less than seven or more than eight hours per day, frequent insomnia, and daytime sleepiness
Two Common Antiseizure Medications Do Not Harm Child Neurodevelopment
No differences seen in six-year verbal abilities for children exposed, unexposed to antiseizure medications in utero
Risk for Suicide Two Times Higher for Those With Epilepsy Versus General Population
Prevalence of suicide 40.0 per 100,000 person-years among those with epilepsy
Continuous Psychological Distress in Pregnancy Increases Offspring Risk for Epilepsy
Findings show up to 70 percent increased risk for offspring at ages 1, 2, and 3 years
Ordinal Score Predicts Freedom From Epilepsy One Year After Surgery
Score based on eight independent binary clinical variables
Retinal Neuroaxonal Loss Detectable With Epilepsy
People with a high number of antiseizure medications seem to be at risk for accelerated neuroaxonal loss
Gut Flora Differs in Patients With Epilepsy and Cognitive Dysfunction
Collinsella, Oscillospirales, and Ruminococcaceae have a greater impact on epilepsy with cognitive dysfunction
Cases of COVID-19 in Those With Epilepsy Low Early in the Pandemic
People with epilepsy did not report difficulty in accessing epilepsy care
