Michael Fong
Assistant Professor AdjunctCards
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2025
Retrospective Visual and Quantitative Assessment of Burst Suppression With and Without Identical Bursts in Patients After Cardiac Arrest
Fong M, Pu K, Beekman R, Kim N, Nguyen C, Gilmore E, Hirsch L, Zaveri H. Retrospective Visual and Quantitative Assessment of Burst Suppression With and Without Identical Bursts in Patients After Cardiac Arrest. Neurocritical Care 2025, 1-11. PMID: 39900751, DOI: 10.1007/s12028-024-02208-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIdentical burstsBurst suppressionCardiac arrest survivorsInterburst intervalClinical featuresNeurological outcomeCardiac arrestArrest survivorsAssociated with poor neurological outcomeContinuous electroencephalogramCerebral Performance Category scoreAssociated with poor outcomesCardiac arrest patientsPoor neurological outcomePost-cardiac arrestPredictors of mortalityUS academic medical centersEEG backgroundPrognostic significanceArrest patientsClinical outcomesPoor outcomeRetrospective analysisAcademic medical centerUS cohort
2024
Accuracy of a Rapid-Response EEG's Automated Seizure-Burden Estimator
Sheikh Z, Dhakar M, Fong M, Fang W, Ayub N, Molino J, Haider H, Foreman B, Gilmore E, Mizrahi M, Karakis I, Schmitt S, Osman G, Yoo J, Hirsch L. Accuracy of a Rapid-Response EEG's Automated Seizure-Burden Estimator. Neurology 2024, 104: e210234. PMID: 39724534, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000210234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectrographic status epilepticusNegative predictive valueStatus epilepticusTreat nonconvulsive status epilepticusPredictive valueCo-primary outcome measuresNonconvulsive status epilepticusPositive predictive valueRetrospective observational studyClass II evidenceLow-to-moderate sensitivityLimited-resource settingsII evidenceTriage patientsObservational studyPatientsRegional hospitalOutcome measuresExpert reviewEpilepticusScreening toolCommunity hospitalBurden estimatesEEGPPVThe development of Stereo-Electroencephalography (SEEG) in Southeast Asia and Oceania: Challenges to equity across the region.
Fong M, Lim K, Fong S, Chen C, Kwan S, Lee C, Suwanpakdee P, Nagangchang C, Le M, Khine Y, Gill D, Wong C. The development of Stereo-Electroencephalography (SEEG) in Southeast Asia and Oceania: Challenges to equity across the region. Neurophysiologie Clinique 2024, 55: 103033. PMID: 39644808, DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2024.103033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMOGAD presenting as fulminant intracranial hypertension
Nagaratnam S, Gill A, Jeyakumar N, Xi S, Lin M, Martin A, Varikatt W, Fong M, Morales-Briceno H. MOGAD presenting as fulminant intracranial hypertension. Journal Of Neuroimmunology 2024, 397: 578487. PMID: 39547117, DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2024.578487.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody diseaseSevere intracranial hypertensionIntracranial hypertensionFulminant intracranial hypertensionAbsence of demyelinationBrain CT scanManagement of intracranial pressureImmunosuppressive therapyMOG antibodiesBiopsy resultsCortical encephalitisIntensive immunotherapyAntibody diseaseBrainstem encephalitisAntibody positivityClinical improvementSurgical managementNormal MRIBrain biopsyClinical featuresCT scanDifferential diagnosisHypertensionIntracranial pressureSubcortical demyelinationTwenty years of SIRPIDs: What have we learned?
Fong M, Hirsch L. Twenty years of SIRPIDs: What have we learned? Neurophysiologie Clinique 2024, 54: 103024. PMID: 39490066, DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2024.103024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe network is more important than the node: stereo-EEG evidence of neurocognitive networks in epilepsy
Murray N, Kneebone A, Graham P, Wong C, Savage G, Gillinder L, Fong M. The network is more important than the node: stereo-EEG evidence of neurocognitive networks in epilepsy. Frontiers In Network Physiology 2024, 4: 1424004. PMID: 39114571, PMCID: PMC11303167, DOI: 10.3389/fnetp.2024.1424004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuropsychological dataNeuropsychological assessmentCognitive impairmentCognitive profile of patientsProfile of impairmentManifestations of cognitive impairmentNetwork activityNeurocognitive networksCognitive profileLesion studiesCognitive featuresSeizure onsetFocal interpretationFocal epilepsyImpairmentCognitionPresurgical work-upProfile of patientsGrowing bodyNormative standardsSite of seizure onsetEpilepsyRefractory focal epilepsySeizure onset zoneDirection of propagationCase Report: Focal, generalized, or both: does generalized network involvement preclude successful epilepsy surgery?
Cui C, Wong W, Wong C, Gill D, Fong M. Case Report: Focal, generalized, or both: does generalized network involvement preclude successful epilepsy surgery? Frontiers In Network Physiology 2024, 4: 1425329. PMID: 39055857, PMCID: PMC11269090, DOI: 10.3389/fnetp.2024.1425329.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSlow spike-and-wave patternGeneralized paroxysmal fast activitySpike-and-wave patternEpilepsy surgeryLong-term seizure freedomParoxysmal fast activityFocal cortical resectionComplex motor seizuresCurative epilepsy surgeryCortical resectionEEG assessmentEpileptic encephalopathySeizure freedomFocal seizuresMotor seizuresFast activityGeneralized epilepsyFocal epilepsySurgeryEpilepsyPatientsScalp electroencephalographySeizuresElectroencephalographyMaleStatus epilepticus in Auckland, New Zealand: Treatment patterns and determinants of outcome in a prospective population‐based cohort
Fong M, Stephens E, Brockington A, Jayabal J, Scott S, Zhang T, Litchfield R, Beilharz E, Dalziel S, Jones P, Yates K, Thornton V, Bergin P. Status epilepticus in Auckland, New Zealand: Treatment patterns and determinants of outcome in a prospective population‐based cohort. Epilepsia 2024, 65: 1605-1619. PMID: 38634858, DOI: 10.1111/epi.17975.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth care systemCare systemStatus Epilepticus Severity ScoreProspective population-based cohortMulticenter population-based studyUniversal health careStatus epilepticusPopulation-based cohortPre-hospital settingEthnic groupsTreatment patternsHealth careSE durationContinuous minutesNew ZealandHospital admissionIncidence of SEDuration of SETreatment of status epilepticusHigh Status Epilepticus Severity ScoreHealthOlder patientsTreatment of SEDeterminants of outcomeEthnic discrepancies
2021
Oral Pregabalin As Adjunctive Treatment For Symptomatic Cyclic Seizures In Neurocritically Ill Patients (4740)
Patel M, Newcomer Z, Cohen S, JADAV R, Fong M, Mitropanopoulos S, Bruzzone M, Busl K, Maciel C. Oral Pregabalin As Adjunctive Treatment For Symptomatic Cyclic Seizures In Neurocritically Ill Patients (4740). Neurology 2021, 96 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.96.15_supplement.4740.Peer-Reviewed Original Research