Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)-Related Disseminated Leukoencephalopathy: A Retrospective Study of Findings on Brain MRI.

Among 2820 inpatients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), 59 (2.1%) underwent brain MRI. Of them, six (10.

Pediatric cochlear implantation: role of language, income, and ethnicity.

Objective: To compare post-cochlear implantation (CI) early speech perception (ESP) outcomes between a non-English speaking, ethnic minority study group and an English speaking, ethnic majority control group.

Study Design/methods: We performed a retrospective case-control study at an academic tertiary care children's hospital. Records were reviewed of 49 children who underwent CI from February 2005 to September 2011.

Seizures in the elderly: impact on mental status, mood, and sleep.

Comorbidities of epilepsy have not been well explored in the elderly. Herein, we examined mental status, mood, and sleep in elderly patients with epilepsy, compared with age- and gender-matched community controls without epilepsy from the Einstein Aging Study. Testing included a mental status test, the Blessed Information Memory and Concentration (BIMC) test; Prime-MD Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) Depression and Anxiety Modules; and Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale.

Value of routine screening for bone demineralization in an urban population of patients with epilepsy.

Background: Reduced bone mineral density (BMD) is increasingly recognized in patients receiving antiepileptic drug therapy. The precise prevalence is not known due to variability across populations studied. We set out to characterize the prevalence of abnormal BMD in an urban population of patients with epilepsy with the intent to determine the value of routine BMD screening.

Seizure occurrence: precipitants and prediction.

Objective: To explore the relationship of seizure occurrence with candidate seizure precipitants in a prospective diary study, and to determine the relationship of precipitants to seizure self-prediction.

Methods: Eligible subjects were 18 or older, had localization-related epilepsy, at least one seizure within 12 months, and were able to maintain a daily diary. Information collected included the occurrence, time and characteristics of all seizures, hours of sleep, medication compliance, stress, anxiety, alcohol use, menstruation, and seizure self-prediction.