2006
Lamotrigine and its applications in the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric disorders
Malik S, Arif H, Hirsch LJ. Lamotrigine and its applications in the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2006, 6: 1609-1627. PMID: 17144777, DOI: 10.1586/14737175.6.11.1609.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBroad-spectrum antiepileptic drugBipolar disorder type ILennox-Gastaut syndromeTreatment of epilepsySerious skin rashesTreatment of womenFavorable pharmacokinetic propertiesConcomitant medicationsNeuropathic painElderly patientsSkin rashAdjunctive treatmentDose adjustmentGeneralized seizuresPartial seizuresAntiepileptic drugsSlow titrationNeurological conditionsPsychiatric disordersAdult populationLamotriginePharmacokinetic propertiesSmall riskPreliminary dataEpilepsy
2002
Video‐EEG Monitoring in the Elderly: A Review of 94 Patients
McBride AE, Shih TT, Hirsch LJ. Video‐EEG Monitoring in the Elderly: A Review of 94 Patients. Epilepsia 2002, 43: 165-169. PMID: 11903463, DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.24401.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVideo-EEG monitoringMajority of patientsNonepileptic eventsPsychogenic seizuresPatient admissionsEpileptiform dischargesColumbia-Presbyterian Medical CenterEpilepsy monitoring unitInterictal epileptiform dischargesAntiepileptic medicationsElderly patientsIncreased incidenceDefinitive diagnosisDiagnostic evaluationNonepileptic seizuresMedical CenterElderly populationPatientsAverage ageEpileptic seizuresInterictal recordingsSeizuresElderly leadsAge groupsParoxysmal events