Comparative efficacy and safety of mid-neck vs. supraclavicular vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy.

Objectives: A supraclavicular insertion approach for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) may permit a wider range of VNS settings compared to traditional insertion techniques due to increased anatomic distance between VNS leads and the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Beyond potential technical advantages, this approach could offer greater cosmetic satisfaction for patients. However, the safety and efficacy of the supraclavicular approach is uncertain.

Antiseizure medication-induced hypersensitivity reactions: Data from a large healthcare system.

Background And Objectives: Data on hypersensitivity reactions (HR) to individual anti-seizure medications (ASMs), and reactions to additional ASMs, is often limited by sample size. This data is vital in helping clinicians identify initial and subsequent ASMs to use in treating persons with epilepsy (PWE). Using a very large dataset, our study attempts to quantify the occurrence of HR across 31 different ASMs.

The Effect of Education and Art Therapy with Telehealth Method on Diet-Fluid Restriction and Anxiety in Hemodialysis Patients During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of telehealth education and art therapy on diet-fluid restriction and anxiety in hemodialysis patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This randomized controlled study included 60 hemodialysis patients (30 in the intervention group and 30 in the control group). Data were collected using the Patient Information Form, Dialysis Diet and Fluid Non-Adherence Questionnaire, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Modified Morisky Scale.

Changes in blink reflex after simultaneous supraorbital and mental nerve stimulations in healthy subjects.

Background/aim: In this study, we investigated the blink reflex (BR) after simultaneous and asynchronous stimulation of two trigeminal nerve branches. The objective was to characterize the physiology of trigeminal and facial circuits.

Materials And Methods: We performed three sets of experiments: recording BR response i.