Pediatric Epilepsy
Caregivers using e-diaries for epileptic spasms may miss individual spams, be more likely to report long clusters, round counts to the nearest five, and underreport nighttime spasms.
The present in vitro findings further support careful adjustment of maternal antiseizure medication doses during pregnancy.
Although pathophysiology is not well-understood, the cerebellum likely plays an inherent role in inhibiting aberrant cortical epileptogenesis.
Increasing the dose of statin treatment during the acute phase of ischemic stroke reduces the incidence of post-stroke epilepsy.
In the near future, these findings may be harnessed to rethink imaging and treatment options for epilepsy patients.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Enhancing teachers' knowledge about epilepsy has the potential to improve children's academic and social success in school.
People with epilepsy with a wide range of disease burden should be encouraged to participate in regular exercise to potentially improve quality of life.
Multi-level interventions targeting the general public, health professionals, caregivers, and patients themselves are warranted to reduce the harmful impacts of stigma.
Treatment with sodium channel blockers might be effective and safe in a subset of patients with CDKL5 deficiency disorder-related epilepsy.
