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
Older adults with epilepsy and COVID-19: Outcomes in a multi-hospital health system
Ufongene C, Van Hyfte G, Agarwal P, Goldstein J, Mathew B, Navis A, McCarthy L, Kwon C, Gururangan K, Balchandani P, Marcuse L, Naasan G, Singh A, Young J, Charney A, Nadkarni G, Jette N, Blank L, Group S. Older adults with epilepsy and COVID-19: Outcomes in a multi-hospital health system. Seizure 2023, 114: 33-39. PMID: 38039805, PMCID: PMC10841585, DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.11.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Classification of DiseasesLength of stayOlder adultsDischarge dispositionHigher in-hospital mortalityHealth systemIn-hospital deathIn-hospital mortalityMulti-hospital health systemOdds of in-hospital deathAssociated with increased oddsAssociated with increased odds of in-hospital deathNew York health systemMultivariate logistic regression modelClassification of DiseasesConsecutive older patientsAssociated with higher in-hospital mortalityLogistic regression modelsCompare in-hospital outcomesFactors associated with mortalityNon-routine discharge dispositionAssociated with higher ratesOlder peopleInternational ClassificationAdmitted with COVID-19Responsive 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 outcomesDisordersIn‐hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID‐19—A cohort study
Ufongene C, Van Hyfte G, Agarwal P, Blank L, Goldstein J, Mathew B, Lin J, Navis A, McCarthy L, Gururangan K, Peschansky V, Kwon C, Cohen A, Chan A, Dhamoon M, Deng P, Gutzwiller E, Hao Q, He C, Nunez W, Klenofsky B, Lemus H, Marcuse L, Roberts M, Schorr E, Singh A, Tantillo G, Young J, Balchandani P, Festa J, Naasan G, Charney A, Nadkarni G, Jetté N. In‐hospital outcomes in patients with and without epilepsy diagnosed with COVID‐19—A cohort study. Epilepsia 2023, 64: 2725-2737. PMID: 37452760, DOI: 10.1111/epi.17715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayNon-routine dischargeCharlson Comorbidity IndexIn-hospital outcomesHigher Charlson comorbidity indexFactors associated with higher oddsIntensive care unitInternational Classification of DiseasesOlder ageAssociated with COVID-19 mortalityRegression modelsClassification of DiseasesDecreased LOSLonger length of stayLogistic regression modelsAssociated with mortalityHealth systemOrdinary least squares regression modelsCOVID-19 mortalityOlder adultsRetrospective study of patientsInternational ClassificationHigher oddsMulticenter health systemEvaluate in-hospital outcomes
2021
International Post Stroke Epilepsy Research Consortium (IPSERC): A consortium to accelerate discoveries in preventing epileptogenesis after stroke
Mishra NK, Engel J, Liebeskind DS, Sharma VK, Hirsch LJ, Kasner SE, French JA, Devinsky O, Friedman A, Dawson J, Quinn TJ, Selim M, de Havenon A, Yasuda CL, Cendes F, Benninger F, Zaveri HP, Burneo JG, Srivastava P, Singh M, Bhatia R, Vishnu VY, Bentes C, Ferro J, Weiss S, Sivaraju A, Kim JA, Galovic M, Gilmore EJ, Pitkänen A, Davis K, Sansing LH, Sheth KN, Paz JT, Singh A, Sheth S, Worrall BB, Grotta JC, Casillas-Espinos PM, Chen Z, Nicolo JP, Yan B, Kwan P, Consortium F. International Post Stroke Epilepsy Research Consortium (IPSERC): A consortium to accelerate discoveries in preventing epileptogenesis after stroke. Epilepsy & Behavior 2021, 127: 108502. PMID: 34968775, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108502.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Deaths in Epilepsy: What We Are Missing
Devinsky O, Singh A, Friedman D. Deaths in Epilepsy: What We Are Missing. JAMA Neurology 2018, 75: 913-915. PMID: 29630704, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.0002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research