Understanding Acute Symptomatic Seizures

Dr. Andy Southerland talks with Dr. Matthew Gusler about trends in emergent interfacility transfers for ischemic stroke and factors associated with transfer for care. Read the related article in Neurology®. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 

Dr. Zohaib Siddiqi talks with Dr. Michel Toledano about the diagnosis and management of infectious rhombencephalitis in patients receiving immunomodulatory therapy. Read the related Resident & Fellow Section article in Neurology®. Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org. 

Dr. Halley Alexander discusses the paper, "Adherence to Antiseizure vs Other Medications Among US Medicare Beneficiaries With and Without Epilepsy". Show references: https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2021/12/10/WNL.0000000000013119 

Dr. Halley Alexander and Dr. Kimford Meador discuss perinatal exposure to anti-seizure medications and its effects on creativity and executive function in children. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209448   

Dr. Halley Alexander and Dr. Valérie van Hezik-Wester discuss whether people living with severe medically refractory epilepsy (PSRE) benefit from a seizure dog. Show reference: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000209178