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
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