2024
Health care access, psychosocial outcomes and mental health in adults living with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mc Carthy L, Mathew B, Blank L, Van Hyfte G, Gotlieb E, Goldstein J, Agarwal P, Kwon C, Singh A, Fields M, Marcuse L, Yoo J, Sivarak E, Gururangan K, Navis A, Jetté N. Health care access, psychosocial outcomes and mental health in adults living with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Epilepsy & Behavior 2024, 151: 109617. PMID: 38219607, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient Health Questionnaire-9Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7Psychosocial outcomesMental healthHealthcare accessCancelled visitsCross-sectional study of adultsHealth care accessCOVID-19 pandemicMental health comorbiditiesPoor mental healthSocial support issuesPoor psychosocial outcomesSymptoms of anxietyCross-sectional studyStudy of adultsCare accessPsychosocial supportHealth comorbiditiesModerate/severe depressionHealth systemTelehealth visitsNeurological carePLWEStandardized questionnaire
2023
Responsive Neurostimulation for People With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Fields M, Marsh C, Eka O, Johnson E, Marcuse L, Kwon C, Young J, LaVega-Talbott M, Kurukumbi M, Von Allmen G, Zempel J, Friedman D, Jette N, Singh A, Yoo J, Blank L, Panov F, Ghatan S. Responsive Neurostimulation for People With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2023, 41: 64-71. PMID: 35512185, PMCID: PMC10756699, DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant epilepsySuper respondersSeizure reductionPromising surgical optionResponsive neurostimulator systemRNS SystemAutism spectrum disorderSurgical candidatesSurgical evaluationSurgical optionsMulticenter studySpectrum disorderGeneral populationResponsive neurostimulationPatientsResponse rateSmall cohortEpilepsyNeurostimulator systemHigh rateRespondersDescriptive statisticsSystem placementBehavioral outcomesDisorders
2022
Electroencephalography at the height of a pandemic: EEG findings in patients with COVID-19
Tantillo G, Jetté N, Gururangan K, Agarwal P, Marcuse L, Singh A, Goldstein J, Kwon C, Dhamoon M, Navis A, Nadkarni G, Charney A, Young J, Blank L, Fields M, Yoo J. Electroencephalography at the height of a pandemic: EEG findings in patients with COVID-19. Clinical Neurophysiology 2022, 137: 102-112. PMID: 35305494, PMCID: PMC8901228, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.03.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 patientsHospitalized COVID-19 patientsSeizure risk factorsSevere COVID-19VEEG findingsRisk factorsMost COVID-19 patientsCOVID-19New York City hospitalsRetrospective chart reviewAcute cerebral injurySeizure-like movementsVEEG monitoringCerebral injuryChart reviewCritical illnessElectroencephalogram findingsRenal failureHemorrhagic strokeEEG findingsEpileptiform abnormalitiesCity HospitalPatientsSharp wavesPeriodic discharges
2020
The Sensitivity of Scalp EEG at Detecting Seizures—A Simultaneous Scalp and Stereo EEG Study
Casale M, Marcuse L, Young J, Jette N, Panov F, Bender H, Saad A, Ghotra R, Ghatan S, Singh A, Yoo J, Fields M. The Sensitivity of Scalp EEG at Detecting Seizures—A Simultaneous Scalp and Stereo EEG Study. Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2020, 39: 78-84. PMID: 32925173, PMCID: PMC8290181, DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBilateral tonic-clonic seizuresTonic-clonic seizuresSEEG seizuresMRI lesionsSubclinical seizuresScalp EEGDrug-resistant epilepsy patientsStereo-EEG studyStereo-EEG recordingsSimultaneous scalp EEGDetection of FocalNonlesional patientsInterictal abnormalitiesIctal patternsEpilepsy patientsLong-term effectsSeizuresPatientsSimultaneous scalpEEG seizuresScalpAbnormalitiesLonger durationEEG studiesLesions