2024
Communication trends over time in new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE): Interim analysis from the NORSE/FIRES Family Registry
Kazazian K, Gaspard N, Hirsch L, Kellogg M, Hocker S, Wong N, Farias-Moeller R, Eschbach K, Gofton T. Communication trends over time in new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE): Interim analysis from the NORSE/FIRES Family Registry. Epilepsy & Behavior 2024, 160: 110023. PMID: 39241640, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.110023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care servicesFamily RegistryCare servicesImprove overall carePrognostic conversationsAcute hospitalsOverall careEpidemiological informationConsensus definitionPhysician-patient-family relationshipRegistryNORSE/FIRESMinority of patientsPrognostic informationSatisfactionFamilySystematic effortRecovery processServicesCarePatientsHospitalPrevalenceQualityEpilepsy syndromes
2019
Highlights From the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 2018
Jobst BC, Ben-Menachem E, Chapman KE, Fu A, Goldman A, Hirsch LJ, Jehi LE, Kossoff EH, Plueger M, Rho JM, Schevon CA, Shinnar S, Sperling MR, Simeone TA, Wagner JL, Lado F. Highlights From the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 2018. Epilepsy Currents 2019, 19: 152-158. PMID: 31050308, PMCID: PMC6610384, DOI: 10.1177/1535759719844486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpilepsy professionalsNovel antiseizure medicationsFebrile status epilepticusAspects of epilepsyLives of patientsAntiseizure medicationsStatus epilepticusPathophysiologic relationshipClinical practiceEpilepsyLater lifeEducational symposiumSeizuresSociety meetingsStimulation treatmentAnnual MeetingSevere consequencesEpilepticusMedicationsPatientsProfessionalsHospitalSleepAdherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Tolchin B, Dworetzky BA, Martino S, Blumenfeld H, Hirsch LJ, Baslet G. Adherence with psychotherapy and treatment outcomes for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Neurology 2019, 92: e675-e679. PMID: 30610097, PMCID: PMC6382361, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000006848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAdult Survivors of Child AbuseAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesConversion DisorderEmergency Service, HospitalEthnicityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsOdds RatioProspective StudiesPsychotherapyQuality of LifeSeizuresTreatment Adherence and ComplianceTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsPsychogenic nonepileptic seizuresQuality of lifePNES frequencyNonepileptic seizuresProspective cohort studyEmergency department utilizationTime of referralBaseline characteristicsCohort studyED visitsSeizure frequencyED utilizationPotential confoundersWomen's HospitalTreatment outcomesMedium effect sizeLocal therapistsMultivariate modelAdherenceChildhood abuseSeizuresHospitalSignificant reductionOutcomesEffect size
2018
EEG Reactivity Evaluation Practices for Adult and Pediatric Hypoxic-Ischemic Coma Prognostication in North America
Amorim E, Gilmore EJ, Abend NS, Hahn CD, Gaspard N, Herman ST, Hirsch LJ, Lee JW, Cash SS, Westover MB. EEG Reactivity Evaluation Practices for Adult and Pediatric Hypoxic-Ischemic Coma Prognostication in North America. Journal Of Clinical Neurophysiology 2018, 35: 510-514. PMID: 30216207, PMCID: PMC6424574, DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0000000000000517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac arrest prognosticationAcademic hospitalCritical Care EEG Monitoring Research ConsortiumNail bed pressureLight tactile stimuliMajority of hospitalsNeurodiagnostic technologistsPercent of respondentsPediatric hospitalMultiple-choice surveyPractice patternsEEG reactivityNational guidelinesComa prognosticationHospitalProcedure modalitiesReactivity testingPrognosticationEEG amplitudeMean numberTactile stimuliResearch ConsortiumSubstantial variabilityReactivity evaluationHypothermiaSeizure susceptibility and infraslow modulatory activity in the intracranial electroencephalogram
Joshi RB, Duckrow RB, Goncharova II, Gerrard JL, Spencer DD, Hirsch LJ, Godwin DW, Zaveri HP. Seizure susceptibility and infraslow modulatory activity in the intracranial electroencephalogram. Epilepsia 2018, 59: 2075-2085. PMID: 30187919, DOI: 10.1111/epi.14559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAED taperYale-New Haven HospitalAdult epilepsy patientsSeizure forecasting algorithmsElectrode contact pairsSeizure onset areaSeizure susceptibilityClinical recordsDrug taperElectrophysiological changesEpilepsy patientsIntracranial electroencephalographic dataMagnitude-squared coherenceModulatory activitySeizuresPatientsOnset areaPreseizurePostseizureProgressive desynchronizationIntracranial electroencephalogramDaysIctogenesisEffect of timeHospital