Tag: Seizures
Too Few Adults Taking Epilepsy Meds Have Seizure Control
Ninety percent of those with active epilepsy take meds; 44 percent of those report seizure control
Stress Reduction May Help Reduce Epileptic Seizures
Both focused attention and progressive muscle relaxation techniques cut seizures
Cannabidiol Efficacious for Lennox-Gastaut Drop Seizures
Cannabidiol is associated with a greater reduction in monthly drop seizure frequency versus placebo
Increase Seen in Gabapentinoid Use From 2002 to 2015
More than three-fold increase in percentage of adults using gabapentin and/or pregabalin
Non-Drug Options Provide Seizure Relief in Children
And, slow initiation of the ketogenic diet shows good outcomes in children with epilepsy
Eclampsia Tied to Increased Relative Risk of Seizure Disorder
However, the risk remains extremely low, at 4.58/10,000 person-years
Surgery Reduces Seizures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
And most common diagnoses based on resected brain specimens include hippocampal sclerosis, tumors
2HELPS2B Model Identifies Seizure Risk in Critically Ill
Area under curve of 0.819, average calibration error of 2.7 percent for model comprising six variables
Phenotype Varies for Presumed Pathogenic Variants in KCNB1
De novo mutations in KCNB1 associated with variable neurodevelopmental disorder
Review: Levetiracetam Best Monotherapy for Partial Seizures
First-line tx sodium valproate tops carbamazepine, topiramate for generalized onset seizures
