Patterns, Barriers, and Preferences of Treating Migraine Within the School Setting: A Survey Study of Students.

Migraine affects 10% of adolescents and children. Typical school protocols in the USA require pharmacological medications to be administered by school nurses, often resulting in treatment delays or omissions when migraine attacks occur during school hours. The Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) wearable is an FDA-cleared smartphone-controlled device delivering acute and preventive treatment of migraine attacks in patients aged 8 and above, allowing safe, effective, discreet, and independent usage.

Head-Up Tilt Sleeping to Treat Orthostatic Intolerance in a Patient with Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Case Report.

Introduction: Orthostatic hypotension is common in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) due to autonomic dysfunction and medication use and can have a significant negative impact on quality of life. Pharmacological treatment is often complicated due to complex blood pressure regulation problems. This case report presents a patient whose symptoms of orthostatic intolerance were successfully treated with the non-pharmacological method of head-up tilt sleeping (HUTS).

Study protocol for the Heads-Up trial: a phase II randomized controlled trial investigating head-up tilt sleeping to alleviate orthostatic intolerance in Parkinson's Disease and parkinsonism.

Background: In persons with Parkinson's Disease (PD) or certain forms of atypical parkinsonism, orthostatic hypotension is common and disabling, yet often underrecognized and undertreated. About half of affected individuals also exhibit supine hypertension. This common co-occurrence of both orthostatic hypotension and supine hypertension complicates pharmacological treatments as the treatment of the one can aggravate the other.

Remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) wearable device for adolescents with migraine: a real-world study of high-frequency abortive treatment suggests preventive effects.

Introduction: Migraine is a chronic neurological disease manifesting as attacks of disabling head pain and associated symptoms. Remote electrical neuromodulation (REN) is a non-pharmacological, prescribed, wearable device (Nerivio®). This device has been certified by the FDA for the acute and/or preventive treatment of migraine with or without aura in patients 12 years of age or older.

Quantitative Dynamic Allodynograph-A Standardized Measure for Testing Dynamic Mechanical Allodynia in Chronic Limb Pain.

Background: Dynamic mechanical allodynia (DMA) is both a symptom and a central sensitization sign, yet no standardized method for quantifying the DMA area has been reported. This study aimed to establish psychometric properties for (), a newly developed protocol measuring the DMA area as a percentage of the body surface.

Methods: Seventy-eight patients aged 18-65 diagnosed with chronic complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) participated in this study.

The Impact of Head-Up Tilt Sleeping on Orthostatic Tolerance: A Scoping Review.

To systematically summarize the evidence of head-up tilt sleeping (HUTS) on orthostatic tolerance, we conducted a systematic, predefined search in PubMed, OVID Embase, Cochrane and Web of Science. We included studies assessing the effect of HUTS on orthostatic tolerance and other cardiovascular measures and rated the quality with the American Academy of Neurology risk of bias tool. We included 10 studies ( = 185) in four groups: orthostatic hypotension (OH; 6 studies, = 103), vasovagal syncope (1 study, = 12), nocturnal angina pectoris (1 study, = 10) and healthy subjects (2 studies, = 58).

Tracking cortical excitability dynamics with transcranial magnetic stimulation in focal epilepsy.

Introduction: The lack of reliable biomarkers constrain epilepsy management. We assessed the potential of repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation with electromyography (TMS-EMG) to track dynamical changes in cortical excitability on a within-subject basis.

Methods: We recruited people with refractory focal epilepsy who underwent video-EEG monitoring and drug tapering as part of the presurgical evaluation.

Timing of syncope in ictal asystole as a guide when considering pacemaker implantation.

Introduction: In patients with ictal asystole (IA) both cardioinhibition and vasodepression may contribute to syncopal loss of consciousness. We investigated the temporal relationship between onset of asystole and development of syncope in IA, to estimate the frequency with which pacemaker therapy, by preventing severe bradycardia, may diminish syncope risk.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we searched video-EEG databases for individuals with focal seizures and IA (asystole ≥ 3 s preceded by heart rate deceleration) and assessed the durations of asystole and syncope and their temporal relationship.

Identifying patients with epilepsy at high risk of cardiac death: signs, risk factors and initial management of high risk of cardiac death.

People with epilepsy have a three-fold increased risk of dying prematurely, and a significant proportion is due to sudden cardiac death or acute myocardial infarctions. The causes of increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in epilepsy are manifold and include acute or remote effects of epileptic seizures, the longstanding epilepsy itself or antiseizure treatments. Seizure-related cardiac arrhythmias are common and comprise bradyarrhythmia and asystole, atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia.

Cardiac arrhythmias in Dravet syndrome: an observational multicenter study.

Objectives: We ascertained the prevalence of ictal arrhythmias to explain the high rate of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in Dravet syndrome (DS).

Methods: We selected cases with clinical DS, ≥6 years, SCN1A mutation, and ≥1 seizure/week. Home-based ECG recordings were performed for 20 days continuously.

Differentiating motor phenomena in tilt-induced syncope and convulsive seizures.

Objective: We assessed motor phenomena in syncope and convulsive seizures to aid differential diagnosis and understand the pathophysiologic correlates.

Methods: We studied video-EEG recordings of tilt-induced syncope and convulsive seizures in participants aged 15 years and older. Syncope was defined as (1) loss of consciousness (video-assessed), (2) circulatory changes (accelerating blood pressure decrease with or without bradycardia/asystole), and (3) EEG changes ("slow" or "slow-flat-slow").

Mortality in Dravet syndrome: A review.

Introduction: Premature mortality is a major issue in Dravet syndrome (DS). To improve understanding of DS premature mortality, we conducted a comprehensive literature search with a particular emphasis on SUDEP.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, CENTRAL, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Academic Search Premier, and ScienceDirect on the following terms: "Dravet syndrome", "severe myoclonic epilepsy", "SMEI", "mortality", "survivors", "prognosis", and "death".

Prone sleeping and SUDEP risk: The dynamics of body positions in nonfatal convulsive seizures.

Background: Most victims of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) are found prone with signs suggestive of an unwitnessed convulsive seizure (CS). Prone sleeping has been proposed as a risk factor for SUDEP. Little is known, however, about the change of body position during the course of CSs.