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Acute symptomatic seizures in newborns: a narrative review
Acute symptomatic seizures are the main sign of neurological dysfunction in newborns. This is linked to the unique characteristics of the neonatal...
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Prognosis and management of acute symptomatic seizures: a prospective, multicenter, observational study
BackgroundAcute symptomatic epileptic seizures are frequently seen in neurocritical care. To prevent subsequent unprovoked seizures, long-term...
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Acute symptomatic seizures in the emergency room: predictors and characteristics
BackgroundWhen treating patients with epileptic seizures in the emergency room (ER), it is of paramount importance to rapidly assess whether the...
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Impact of Seizures and Status Epilepticus on Outcome in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
BackgroundWe aimed to evaluate the association between seizures as divided by timing and type (seizures or status epilepticus) and outcome in...
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Seizures and Epilepsy After Stroke: Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Management
Stroke is the leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in older adults. Patients who have larger and more severe strokes involving the cortex, are...
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Neonatal Seizures—Perspective in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
Neonatal seizures are the commonest neurological emergency and are associated with poor neurodevelopmental outcome. While they are generally...
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Generalized absence seizures: Where do we stand today?
Generalized absence seizures are discussed here with respect to changing scientific concepts and newer findings, challenging the strict dichotomy of...
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Cluster seizures and status epilepticus in new onset seizures among adult Egyptians
BackgroundNew onset seizure (NOS) is defined as the first seizure within a 24-h period ever experienced by the patient. Cluster seizures (CS) or...
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Poststroke Epilepsy: Where Do We Stand?
Purpose of ReviewStroke is the most common cause of seizures and epilepsy in older adults. This educational paper aims to give an update on current...
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Prevalence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of remote intracerebral hemorrhage after intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundHemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a common complication of alteplase treatment. However, the prevalence rate, risk factors, and clinical...
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Intervention for Cognitive Reserve Enhancement in Delaying the Onset of Alzheimer’s Symptomatic Expression (INCREASE) Study: Results from a Randomized Controlled Study of Medication Therapy Management Targeting a Delay in Prodromal Dementia Symptom Progression
BackgroundCognitive reserve has been hypothesized as a mechanism to explain differences in individual risk for symptomatic expression of Alzheimer’s...
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Epilepsy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with ExtraCorporeal Circulation: case series and description of a peculiar clinical phenotype
BackgroundExtracorporeal circulation (ECC) is now being increasingly used in critical care settings. Epileptic seizures are a recognized but under...
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Third-Generation Antiseizure Medication in the Treatment of Benzodiazepine-Refractory Status Epilepticus in Poststroke Epilepsy: A Retrospective Observational Register-Based Study
Background and ObjectiveStatus epilepticus in poststroke epilepsy is a challenging condition because of multiple vascular comorbidities and the...
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Clinical presentation, natural history, and outcomes for infantile intracranial cavernous malformations: case series and systematic review of the literature
IntroductionIntracranial cavernous malformations (CMs) are rare vascular malformations of the central nervous system in children. Infantile patients,...
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Brain infarction following meningioma surgery—incidence, risk factors, and impact on function, seizure risk, and patient-reported quality of life
In this study, we seek to explore the incidence of and potential risk factors for postoperative infarctions after meningioma surgery, in addition to...
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Epilepsy and other seizure disorders in acute psychiatric inpatients
BackgroundIt is well known that patients with epilepsy have a high rate of psychiatric comorbidity. However, studies exploring epilepsy in...
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Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Levetiracetam as First-line Therapy for Seizures in Neonates
This multicenter, randomized, blinded, controlled, trial investigated the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam compared with phenobarbital as a...
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Electrographic monitoring for seizure detection in the neonatal unit: current status and future direction
AbstractNeonatal neurocritical intensive care is dedicated to safeguarding the newborn brain by prioritising clinical practices that promote early...
