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    Prevalence and Risk Factors for Early Seizure in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: Analysis from National Trauma Data Bank

    Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a well-known risk factor for seizures. We aimed to identify the frequency and risk factors for seizure occurrence during hospitalization for TBI.

    Shahram Majidi, Yamane Makke, Amr Ewida, Bahareh Sianati in Neurocritical Care (2017)

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    Principles of Epilepsy Diagnosis and Management

    Epilepsy is a fairly common condition compared to other neurological disorders. Approximately 3.1 % of the US population (about 9 millions) suffers from epilepsy. About 5 % of the US population (about 15 milli...

    Hasan H. Sonmezturk, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar in Epilepsy Board Review (2017)

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    Physiologic Basis of EEG and Epilepsy

    The cerebral cortex is organized into six horizontal layers. Extensive horizontal cortico-cortical connections make up the vast majority of the cortical synapses. Cell membranes of neurons have ion channels th...

    Susanta Bandyopadhyay, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar in Epilepsy Board Review (2017)

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    Normal EEG Variants and Artifacts

    Recognition of normal EEG variants and artifacts is crucial for accurate EEG interpretation. Normal EEG variants and artifacts often present with distinctive electrographic features that may include morphology...

    Raed Azzam, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar in Epilepsy Board Review (2017)

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    Ictal and Interictal EEG

    The EEG is an essential part of the initial evaluation of patients presenting with paroxysmal episodes and the surgical evaluation of patients with medically intractable seizures. The EEG is often ordered in t...

    Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar in Epilepsy Board Review (2017)

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    Quality of Life in Epilepsy

    Not only are seizures physically stressful and potentially injurious, but they are also associated with psychological, cognitive, and other comorbidities. Thus, their effects on the individual’s quality of lif...

    Patsy J. Ramey, Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar in Epilepsy Board Review (2017)

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    EEG in Encephalopathy and Coma

    The EEG is a very important part of the evaluation of patients with acutely altered mental status. Many of these patients are referred from intensive care settings, and a routine initial step often involves ob...

    Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Nabil J. Azar, Peter W. Kaplan in Epilepsy Board Review (2017)

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    Vivid recollection of a past traumatic event: a rare manifestation of temporal lobe seizures

    Vivid recollection of a particular past memory is a rare ictal phenomenonin temporal lobe epilepsy.Whenthememory is traumatic, the presentation may mimic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We report a woma...

    Mohamad Z. Koubeissi in Epileptic Disorders (2012)