Safety and tolerability of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines among people with epilepsy (PwE): A cross-sectional study.

Background: People with epilepsy (PwE) were concerned about the safety of the novel 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccines.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the side effects experienced by PwE following vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines and to identify the causes of vaccine hesitation.

Methods: We administered a questionnaire to PwE, who visited the epilepsy clinic at Ibn Sina Hospital in Kuwait during the first two working weeks of April 2021.

The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on people with epilepsy (PwE): an online survey-based study.

During the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the whole world faced an unusual health emergency. Medical care of chronic neurological diseases, such as Epilepsy, is being neglected. In this survey, we aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care of people with Epilepsy (PwE) and to identify their risk factors for seizure worsening to direct better future medical care.

Epilepsy and school in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: The current situation, challenges, and solutions.

Education is a human right that plays a key role in social and economic development. Children having active epilepsy may not be properly schooled in ordinary school structures. Students with epilepsy (SWE) are often faced with academic barriers.

Treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus: An international survey in the East Mediterranean Countries.

Purpose: Three Chapters of the Commission of the East Mediterranean Affairs (CEMA) of the ILAE conducted a survey to assess the availability of drugs used for the treatment of generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) across the CEMA countries and to evaluate the treatment choices of adult and pediatric neurologists for the treatment of this condition.

Method: The web-based survey consisted of two similar vignettes of GCSE in a child and an adult. The questions evaluated the sequential drugs of choice based on drug availability and with the assumption that all drugs were at the disposition of the neurologists.

Frequency and Stratification of Epileptogenic Lesions in Elderly With New Onset Seizures.

To evaluate prospectively the frequency of epileptogenic lesions in a consecutive cohort of elderly patients presenting with new onset unprovoked seizures, and who underwent a complete evaluation including dedicated epilepsy protocol MRI. We included all consecutive patients 60 years or older who participated in a prospective study on new onset epilepsy. The work-up included the acquisition of a dedicated epilepsy protocol MRI and a 3 h video/EEG recording.

Efficacy and tolerability of treatment with lacosamide: Postmarketing experience from the Middle East region.

Purpose: Lacosamide (LCM) was recently introduced in the Middle East. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of LCM in patients with focal onset seizures and determine if our results are comparable with those derived from Western countries.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis from two medical centers on consecutive patients diagnosed as having focal onset seizures and treated with add-on LCM.

Efficacy of the Sequential Administration of Melatonin, Hydroxyzine, and Chloral Hydrate for Recording Sleep EEGs in Children.

Sedation of children for electroencephalography (EEG) recordings is often required. Chloral hydrate (CH) requires medical clearance and continuous monitoring. To try to reduce personnel and time resources associated with CH administration, a new sedation policy was formulated.

Valproate-induced enuresis: a prospective study.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and characteristics of secondary enuresis in children initiated on valproate treatment.

Method: This was a prospective study conducted in children aged 5 to 12 years with suspected newly diagnosed epilepsy and maintained on valproate for at least 1 month. Adverse events spontaneously reported by parents were recorded at each follow-up visit.

Association of cardiovascular risk factors and troponin elevation after generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

Purpose: Troponins are very sensitive biomarkers of myocardial injury. Conflicting data regarding elevation of troponin levels following a generalized tonic-clonic (GTC) seizure have been reported. In this study we hypothesized that troponin elevation after a GTC seizure occurs more frequently in patients with cardiovascular risk factors.

Astasia-abasia and psychogenic tremor post-temporal lobectomy.

Temporal lobectomy can be complicated by somatoform disorders, psychiatric illnesses and non-epileptic psychogenic seizures. We report a woman who developed astasia-abasia and psychogenic tremor following temporal lobectomy for refractory epilepsy. To our knowledge, this type of conversion reaction following temporal lobectomy has not been previously reported.

Asymmetry and structural system analysis of the proximal femur meta-epiphysis: osteoarticular anatomical pathology.

Background: The human femur is commonly considered as a subsystem of the locomotor apparatus with four conspicuous levels of organization. This phenomenon is the result of the evolution of the locomotor apparatus, which encompasses both constitutional and individual variability. The work therein reported, therefore, underlies the significance of observing anatomical system analysis of the proximal femur meta-epiphysis in normal conditions, according to the anatomic positioning with respect to the right or left side of the body, and the presence of system asymmetry in the meta-epiphysis structure, thus indicating structural and functional asymmetry.