2024
Communication trends over time in new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE): Interim analysis from the NORSE/FIRES Family Registry
Kazazian K, Gaspard N, Hirsch L, Kellogg M, Hocker S, Wong N, Farias-Moeller R, Eschbach K, Gofton T. Communication trends over time in new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE): Interim analysis from the NORSE/FIRES Family Registry. Epilepsy & Behavior 2024, 160: 110023. PMID: 39241640, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.110023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care servicesFamily RegistryCare servicesImprove overall carePrognostic conversationsAcute hospitalsOverall careEpidemiological informationConsensus definitionPhysician-patient-family relationshipRegistryNORSE/FIRESMinority of patientsPrognostic informationSatisfactionFamilySystematic effortRecovery processServicesCarePatientsHospitalPrevalenceQualityEpilepsy syndromesOutpatient management of prolonged seizures and seizure clusters to prevent progression to a higher‐level emergency: Consensus recommendations of an expert working group
Pina‐Garza J, Chez M, Cloyd J, Hirsch L, Kälviäinen R, Klein P, Lagae L, Sankar R, Specchio N, Strzelczyk A, Toledo M, Trinka E. Outpatient management of prolonged seizures and seizure clusters to prevent progression to a higher‐level emergency: Consensus recommendations of an expert working group. Epileptic Disorders 2024, 26: 484-497. PMID: 38813941, DOI: 10.1002/epd2.20243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpert working groupDefinition of PSSeizure action planWorking GroupEvidence-based guidanceProlonged seizuresSeizure clustersManaging PSStatus epilepticusExpert recommendationsTreatment goalsConsensus recommendationsOutpatient managementConsensus definitionAction planMedicationManagement of acute seizuresRecommendationsIdeal medicationAcute seizuresPrevent progressionSevere seizuresSeizure activityGroup membersSeizure termination
2018
New‐onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) and febrile infection–related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): State of the art and perspectives
Gaspard N, Hirsch LJ, Sculier C, Loddenkemper T, van Baalen A, Lancrenon J, Emmery M, Specchio N, Farias‐Moeller R, Wong N, Nabbout R. New‐onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) and febrile infection–related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES): State of the art and perspectives. Epilepsia 2018, 59: 745-752. PMID: 29476535, DOI: 10.1111/epi.14022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew-onset refractory status epilepticusFebrile infection-related epilepsy syndromeRefractory status epilepticusStatus epilepticusCytokine-mediated mechanismOptimal treatment optionsAdult-onset formStrong scientific evidenceStandardized consensus definitionsMulticenter registryPrompt treatmentKetogenic dietUncontrolled trialsEpilepsy syndromesImmune therapyTreatment optionsEarly recognitionClinical careConsensus definitionClinical situationsPatient careEpilepticusStandardized definitionsElectroencephalography featuresScientific evidenceProposed consensus definitions for new‐onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE), febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), and related conditions
Hirsch LJ, Gaspard N, van Baalen A, Nabbout R, Demeret S, Loddenkemper T, Navarro V, Specchio N, Lagae L, Rossetti AO, Hocker S, Gofton TE, Abend NS, Gilmore EJ, Hahn C, Khosravani H, Rosenow F, Trinka E. Proposed consensus definitions for new‐onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE), febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), and related conditions. Epilepsia 2018, 59: 739-744. PMID: 29399791, DOI: 10.1111/epi.14016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew-onset refractory status epilepticusFebrile infection-related epilepsy syndromeRefractory status epilepticusStatus epilepticusConsensus definitionEpilepsy syndromesFebrile infectionsCritical Care EEG Monitoring Research ConsortiumSuper-refractory status epilepticusRelated conditionsHemiconvulsion-HemiplegiaNew onsetActive epilepsyImproved communicationClinical presentationNeurocritical careMetabolic causesPediatric expertsEpilepticusRelevant neurological disordersConsensus conferenceSpecific diagnosisNeurological disordersMulticenter researchSyndrome