2019
Early detection rate changes from a brain‐responsive neurostimulation system predict efficacy of newly added antiseizure drugs
Quraishi IH, Mercier MR, Skarpaas TL, Hirsch LJ. Early detection rate changes from a brain‐responsive neurostimulation system predict efficacy of newly added antiseizure drugs. Epilepsia 2019, 61: 138-148. PMID: 31849045, PMCID: PMC7003822, DOI: 10.1111/epi.16412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive predictive valueEpisode startsLonger episodesSystem patientsPredictive valueFirst weekLong-term treatment trialsBrain-responsive neurostimulationSingle epilepsy centerSingle-center cohortRefractory focal epilepsyGreater reductionMedication adjustmentsClinical improvementClinical responseSeizure frequencyAntiseizure drugsCenter cohortMulticenter cohortEpilepsy centersMedication trialsEffective medicationsEfficacy measuresTreatment trialsFocal epilepsy
2015
Spatial memory for asymmetrical dot locations predicts lateralization among patients with presurgical mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
Brown FC, Hirsch LJ, Spencer DD. Spatial memory for asymmetrical dot locations predicts lateralization among patients with presurgical mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior 2015, 52: 19-24. PMID: 26398592, DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.08.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVerbal memory testsRight temporal lobe epilepsyMemory testTemporal lobe epilepsyMesial temporal lobe epilepsyLobe epilepsyLocation memory testRight mesial temporal lobe epilepsyHemisphere languageCVLT-IISpatial memoryDot locationsPositive predictive valueBinary logistic regressionVideo-EEGPatientsPredictive valueEpilepsyLogistic regressionLimited sample sizeVSRTRTLELTLEMemoryLateralizationPrognostication of post-cardiac arrest coma: early clinical and electroencephalographic predictors of outcome
Sivaraju A, Gilmore EJ, Wira CR, Stevens A, Rampal N, Moeller JJ, Greer DM, Hirsch LJ, Gaspard N. Prognostication of post-cardiac arrest coma: early clinical and electroencephalographic predictors of outcome. Intensive Care Medicine 2015, 41: 1264-1272. PMID: 25940963, DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3834-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBetter outcomesPoor outcomeEpileptiform dischargesPost-cardiac arrest comatose patientsCritical care EEG terminologyPost-cardiac arrest comaMethodsProspective cohort studyContinuous EEG monitoringLow-voltage EEGPositive predictive valueAbsence of reactivityEEG terminologyCohort studySpontaneous circulationBrainstem reflexesClinical outcomesComatose patientsFalse positive ratePoor prognosisPrognostic significanceSuppression burstsClinical variablesClinical correlatesElectroencephalographic patternsElectroencephalographic predictors
2002
Ictal heart rate differentiates epileptic from non-epileptic seizures
Opherk C, Hirsch LJ. Ictal heart rate differentiates epileptic from non-epileptic seizures. Neurology 2002, 58: 636-638. PMID: 11865145, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.58.4.636.Peer-Reviewed Original Research