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Objective
We sought to determine which combination of clinical and electroencephalography (EEG) characteristics differentiate between an antiseizure medication (ASM)–resistant vs ASM‐responsive outcome for patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE).
Methods
This was a case‐control study of ASM‐resistant cases and ASM‐responsive controls with IGE treated at five epilepsy centers in the...
Expert consensus statements recommend continuous observation for patients undergoing intracranial electroencephalography (EEG), but this practice is neither universal nor specific regarding the type of observation. We compared outcomes for patients who underwent intracranial stereotactic EEG (SEEG) before and after the adoption of continuous monitoring by a staff bedside sitter.We retrospectively...
Purpose of Review Epilepsy, particularly new onset, disproportionately affects the elderly at high rates. We summarize the literature on etiologic risk factors and the evidence behind medical and surgical treatments for geriatric epilepsy. Recent Findings Incident epilepsy in the elderly is most commonly focal onset resulting from structural brain disease. Levetiracetam was well tolerated and as...
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