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Epilepsy surgery education and practice around the globe: An ILAE taskforce report.
Epilepsia
December 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Surgery Program, Cliìnica Cukiert, São Paulo, Brazil.
Up to 80% of the world's population with epilepsy lives in low and middle-income countries. Around one-third of these patients will have drug-resistant epilepsy, for which epilepsy surgery is an option. Unfortunately, many of these regions, as well as some more developed nations, lack sufficient epilepsy surgery units and trained neurosurgeons.
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Front Neurol
November 2024
Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroimmunological Diseases Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States.
Introduction: Increasing shortage of neurologists compounded by the global aging of the population have translated into suboptimal care of patients with chronic neurological diseases. While some patients might benefit from expanding telemedicine, monitoring neurological disability via telemedicine is challenging. Smartphone technologies represent an attractive tool for remote, self-administered neurological assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHow Specialized Are Special Needs Plans? Evidence From Provider Networks.
Med Care Res Rev
February 2025
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) among individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid has more than tripled over the past decade. Little is known about whether D-SNP plan design differs from standard MA plan design nor whether this design reflects the needs of dual-eligible enrollees. We characterize the degree to which D-SNPs specialize in an important plan design dimension-provider networks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFShould neurologists treat common psychiatric comorbidities in patients with epilepsy?
Epilepsy Behav Rep
October 2024
Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States.
Article Synopsis
- Psychiatric comorbidities are frequent and impactful in people with epilepsy, often going unrecognized and untreated due to a lack of mental health specialists and insufficient training for neurologists.
- This special issue aims to equip neurologists with practical resources to effectively manage these comorbidities through proper pharmacotherapy.
- Key topics covered include various psychiatric problems associated with epilepsy, strategies for recognition and treatment, and the importance of tailored management for individuals with a history of psychiatric disorders.
Epilepsy in CHAD: Realities, constraints, and prospects.
Epilepsia Open
December 2024
Neurology Department, Ignace Deen Teaching Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.
Epilepsy is a significant public health problem. More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, and over three-quarters of them are in low- and middle-income countries. The situation in Chad regarding people with epilepsy is challenging to assess, starting from the shortage of scientific data, the inadequacy of technical facilities, the lack of human resources, and the inadequacy of government action.
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