2022
Updated review of rescue treatments for seizure clusters and prolonged seizures
Blond BN, Hirsch LJ. Updated review of rescue treatments for seizure clusters and prolonged seizures. Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2022, 22: 567-577. PMID: 35862983, DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2022.2105207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRescue medicationProlonged seizuresSeizure clustersTreatment of epilepsyQuality of lifeOngoing seizuresFurther seizuresRefractory seizuresRecurrent seizuresRescue treatmentSeizure activitySeizure episodesIntranasal formulationRisk factorsClinical careEffective treatmentMedicationsSeizuresEpilepsyMorbidityClinical opportunitiesAdverse effectsTreatmentReviewEpidemiologyAcute symptomatic seizures: an educational, evidence‐based review
Mauritz M, Hirsch LJ, Camfield P, Chin R, Nardone R, Lattanzi S, Trinka E. Acute symptomatic seizures: an educational, evidence‐based review. Epileptic Disorders 2022, 24: 26-49. PMID: 34789447, DOI: 10.1684/epd.2021.1376.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Seizure clusters: A common, understudied and undertreated phenomenon in refractory epilepsy
Komaragiri A, Detyniecki K, Hirsch LJ. Seizure clusters: A common, understudied and undertreated phenomenon in refractory epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2016, 59: 83-86. PMID: 27116535, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.02.030.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Diagnostic Utility of an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
Smolowitz JL, Hopkins SC, Perrine T, Eck KE, Hirsch LJ, Mundinger M. Diagnostic Utility of an Epilepsy Monitoring Unit. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2007, 22: 117-122. PMID: 17395968, DOI: 10.1177/1062860606298295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpilepsy monitoring unitSymptom onsetAntiepileptic drugsDefinitive diagnosisDiagnostic utilityAdult epilepsy monitoring unitEpilepsy surgery referralSpecialized epilepsy centersStandard antiepileptic drugsVideo-electroencephalographic monitoringMedian durationEpilepsy centersReferral patternsAdmissionMonitoring unitDiagnosisEpilepsyDrugsTreatmentGuidelinesOnsetReviewYearsPatientsSeizures