Publications by authors named "T Lo Barco"
Objectives: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus-related disease SARS-CoV-2 infection pandemic. Italy was one of the most affected countries and managed the emergency also by a health care reorganization.
Methods: The Education and Career Development Task Force of the Young Epilepsy Section-Italy (YES-I) designed a survey to assess the impact of the pandemic on the training and work of young epileptologists (< 40 years).
Article Synopsis
- A 7-year-old girl with a history of headaches experienced unusual neurological symptoms after episodes of hyperventilation, including aphasia and weakness on one side of her body.
- Despite her family history of migraines and seizures, her neurologic exam remained normal, but EEG tests showed abnormal brain wave patterns linked to her symptoms.
- The case suggests an important link between hyperventilation and rare cerebrovascular disorders, emphasizing the need for thorough EEG analysis in diagnosing such conditions.
Objective: The Education and Career Task Force of the Young Epilepsy Section-Italy focuses on educational and career development needs of young Italian epileptologists. Two surveys were developed (pre- and post COVID-19 pandemic) in order to identify the needs of members of the Lega Italiana Contro l'Epilessia under 40 years of age.
Methods: The first was distributed during the 42nd National Congress (Rome, June 5-7, 2019); the second during the 45th National Congress (Padova, June 8-10, 2022) and subsequently by e-mail until July 9, 2022.
In epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures (EMA), status epilepticus (SE) may occur during the onset phase, uncommonly in post-puberal patients. We report a post-puberal patient with EMA who presented SE with insidious onset and catamenial recurrence. She had a stormy epilepsy onset at 4 years, with tonic seizures, atypical absences, and myoclonic-atonic seizures, in the absence of SE.
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- Researchers studied electronic health records to learn more about Dravet syndrome (DS) by looking at patient reports over time.
- They used special computer techniques to find patterns in the medical reports of 56 patients with DS compared to two other groups of patients.
- They discovered 76 important traits about DS, including early signs like seizures and later issues related to other health problems.