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 outcomesDisordersNeuroimaging findings and neurological manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Impact of cancer and ventilatory support status
McCarthy L, Khegai O, Goldstein J, Belani P, Pawha P, Kihira S, Mathew B, Gururangan K, Hao Q, Singh A, Navis A, Delman B, Jette N, Balchandani P. Neuroimaging findings and neurological manifestations in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Impact of cancer and ventilatory support status. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0283614. PMID: 36961861, PMCID: PMC10038284, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospitalized COVID-19 patientsMagnetic resonance imagingVentilatory supportNeurological manifestationsCOVID-19 patientsNeuroimaging findingsSupport statusImpact of cancerPolymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19Mount Sinai Health SystemNon-cancer patientsAssociated with neurological manifestationsRetrospective observational studySinai Health SystemClinical neurological manifestationsHealth systemCentral nervous systemCOVID-19 cohortMorbidity associated with COVID-19Cancer statusAcute/subacute infarctionProthrombotic stateCOVID-19Systemic illnessFocal weakness
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
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