37 Recognizing and Treating Psychiatric Comorbidity in Epilepsy Jay Salpekar Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA Introduction…
30 Acute Symptomatic Seizures in Children and Adults: Evaluation and Treatment J. Stephen Huff1 and Jessica L. Carpenter2 1 Departments of Emergency Medicine and Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA,…
28 When Should Vagus Nerve Stimulation Be Considered, and What Can It Accomplish? Pearce J. Korb and Sandra L. Helmers Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA,…
8 What Can Neuroimaging Tell Us? Edward J. Novotny Pediatric Epilepsy Program | Child Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA Introduction Brain imaging of patients with…
31 Evaluating and Treating Status Epilepticus Jeffrey Bolton1 and Howard P. Goodkin2 1 Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital Division of Epilepsy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA2 Division of…
33 Mortality in Epilepsy Elizabeth J. Donner Division of Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick ChildrenUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Introduction Although most people with epilepsy live…
13 Antiepileptic Drug Interactions Philip N. Patsalos Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL-Institute of Neurology, London, UKEpilepsy Society, Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, UK Introduction Antiepileptic…
7 What Can the EEG Tell Us? Mark Quigg Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Introduction The electroencephalogram (EEG) measures the difference in voltage between pairs of…
5 Diagnosing and Localizing Seizures at the Bedside and in Clinic Joseph I. Sirven Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA Despite the availability of sophisticated neurodiagnostic tests, identification…
9 Workup of New-Onset Seizures Jennifer Langer Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Introduction Seizures are one of the most common complaints in neurological practice. The estimated…
