Tag: Epilepsy
~5 Percent Have Seizure While Driving Prior to Epilepsy Diagnosis
Most of the seizures while driving were focal with impaired awareness; many had no recollection of accident
Causal Link ID’d for Alzheimer Disease, Generalized Epilepsy
Genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's also linked to increased risk of focal epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis
Prenatal Valproate Exposure Tied to Psychiatric Disorders in Late Childhood
Risk by age 18 years was driven by disorders within the neurodevelopmental spectrum
Neighborhood Deprivation Affects Cognitive Outcomes in Patients With Epilepsy
For people with temporal lobe epilepsy, odds of worse cognitive phenotype seen for those in more disadvantaged ADI quintiles
Excess Mortality Seen for People With Epilepsy
Standardized mortality rate increased for those receiving monotherapy, those receiving four or more meds, those without comorbidities
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Tied to Mortality for Neurologic Conditions
Increased odds of 30-day mortality ranges from 2.46 to 1.23 for nontraumatic coma and stroke
Fear of Public Places Common in Adults With Epilepsy
Furthermore, this fear is associated with poor quality of life
Racial/Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Use Newer Antiseizure Meds
Odds of being on newer ASMs increased for those who saw a neurologist, were newly diagnosed with epilepsy
Modified Atkins Diet Plus Drug Therapy Beneficial in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Modified Atkins diet added to standard drug treatment more effective for reducing seizure frequency than standard drug therapy alone
Antiepileptic Drugs Tied to Incident Parkinson Disease
Magnitude of the association increased with the number of antiepileptic drugs prescribed
