Featured Publications
Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy
Kanner A, Saporta A, Kim D, Barry J, Altalib H, Omotola H, Jette N, O'Brien T, Nadkarni S, Winawer M, Sperling M, French J, Abou-Khalil B, Alldredge B, Bebin M, Cascino G, Cole A, Cook M, Detyniecki K, Devinsky O, Dlugos D, Faught E, Ficker D, Fields M, Gidal B, Gelfand M, Glynn S, Halford J, Haut S, Hegde M, Holmes M, Kalviainen R, Kang J, Klein P, Knowlton R, Krishnamurthy K, Kuzniecky R, Kwan P, Lowenstein D, Marcuse L, Meador K, Mintzer S, Pardoe H, Park K, Penovich P, Singh R, Somerville E, Szabo C, Szaflarski J, Thio K, Trinka E, Burneo J, Project A. Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Suicidality in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy. Neurology 2022, 100: e1123-e1134. PMID: 36539302, PMCID: PMC10074468, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderFocal epilepsyBipolar disorderSuicidal ideationAnxiety disordersGeneral populationSuicidal attemptsPanic disorderMini International Neuropsychiatric InterviewPrevalence of moodInternational Neuropsychiatric InterviewLogistic regression analysisActive suicidal ideationComparable prevalence ratesSeverity Rating ScaleConsecutive adultsDepressive disorderNeuropsychiatric InterviewEpilepsy evaluationHigh prevalencePrevalence ratesTypes of moodPatientsPsychiatric diagnosisEpilepsy
2023
Understanding headache classification coding within the veterans health administration using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in fiscal years 2014–2017
Fodeh S, Fenton B, Wang R, Skanderson M, Altalib H, Kuruvilla D, Schindler E, Haskell S, Brandt C, Sico J. Understanding headache classification coding within the veterans health administration using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in fiscal years 2014–2017. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0279163. PMID: 36598881, PMCID: PMC9812322, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationHeadache diagnosisICD-10-CMICD-10-CM diagnosisICD-10-CM codingSpecialty care clinicsSpecific headache diagnosesICD-9-CM codingDifferent headache typesICD-9-CMRace/ethnicityHeadache comorbidityHeadache NOSPatient ageCare clinicsChronic conditionsHeadache typesProvider typeSociodemographic factorsHealth AdministrationDiagnosisTwo yearsHeadachePatientsMigraine
2017
Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis
Altalib HH, Fenton BT, Cheung KH, Pugh MJV, Bates J, Valente TW, Kerns RD, Brandt CA. Care coordination in epilepsy: Measuring neurologists' connectivity using social network analysis. Epilepsy & Behavior 2017, 73: 31-35. PMID: 28605631, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationCare coordinationHealth care providersCare providersVA facilitiesEpilepsy centersSpecialty careEpilepsy careEpilepsy patientsHealth AdministrationFacility levelNumber of providersNeurologistsFacility typeCareProvidersType of facilityMixed modelsSame facilityPatientsEpilepsyAdministration
2016
Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures — a national study of provider documentation
Altalib HH, Elzamzamy K, Pugh MJ, Gonzalez JB, Cheung KH, Fenton BT, Kerns RD, Brandt CA, LaFrance WC. Communicating diagnostic certainty of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures — a national study of provider documentation. Epilepsy & Behavior 2016, 64: 4-8. PMID: 27723497, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.08.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresElectronic health recordsNonepileptic seizuresVeterans Affairs electronic health recordsDiagnosis of PNESInappropriate health careMajority of patientsPrimary care providersImpressions of patientsHealth care professionalsMental health professionalsEpilepsy criteriaProvider documentationClinical impressionCare providersCare professionalsInternational LeagueDiagnostic certaintyHealth professionalsPatientsProgress notesHealth recordsHealth careSeizuresNeurologists
2013
Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research
Hamid H, Fodeh SJ, Lizama AG, Czlapinski R, Pugh MJ, LaFrance WC, Brandt CA. Validating a natural language processing tool to exclude psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in electronic medical record-based epilepsy research. Epilepsy & Behavior 2013, 29: 578-580. PMID: 24135384, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresPositive predictive valueNonepileptic seizuresDefinite PNESAfghanistan veteransEpilepsy researchNational Clinical DatabaseVideo electroencephalograph monitoringDiagnosis of epilepsySeizure disorderDefinitive diagnosisElectronic health record systemsEpidemiologic dataHealth record systemsPredictive valueClinical databaseElectroencephalograph monitoringPatientsEpilepsyVEEGEpidemiologic researchVeteransRecord systemSeizuresDiagnosis
2010
A prospective study of loss of consciousness in epilepsy using virtual reality driving simulation and other video games
Yang L, Morland TB, Schmits K, Rawson E, Narasimhan P, Motelow JE, Purcaro MJ, Peng K, Raouf S, DeSalvo MN, Oh T, Wilkerson J, Bod J, Srinivasan A, Kurashvili P, Anaya J, Manza P, Danielson N, Ransom CB, Huh L, Elrich S, Padin-Rosado J, Naidu Y, Detyniecki K, Hamid H, Farooque P, Astur R, Xiao B, Duckrow RB, Blumenfeld H. A prospective study of loss of consciousness in epilepsy using virtual reality driving simulation and other video games. Epilepsy & Behavior 2010, 18: 238-246. PMID: 20537593, PMCID: PMC2914099, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.04.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVideo gamesVirtual realityComputer-based tasksDaily lifePerformance dataProspective studyEssential partGameContinuous video/EEG monitoringVideo/EEG monitoringTraffic accidentsSimulatorNetworkTaskNormal daily lifeSeizure typesDrivingEEG monitoringSeizuresDriving impairmentPatientsImpair consciousnessSpecific typesAnatomical networksReality