Neurology
Conference Coverage
Reasons for noncompliance to ketogenic diet explored
HOUSTON – More than one-third of children discontinued the ketogenic diet prior to completion of a 3-month trial because of reported difficulty, a...
Conference Coverage
First visit for tuberous sclerosis complex comes months before diagnosis
HOUSTON – Many patients who eventually receive a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex present with related complaints for months, or even years...
Conference Coverage
Add-on fenfluramine reduces seizure frequency in Dravet syndrome
HOUSTON – Low-dose fenfluramine was found to reduce seizures significantly among a small cohort with Dravet syndrome without the appearance of...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA warning: General anesthetics may damage young brains
FDA warning says repeated or lengthy use of general anesthetic or sedation drugs under age 3 years or in late pregnancy may affect children’s...
Conference Coverage
Child, adolescent autism patients visiting EDs in higher numbers
NEW YORK – Calm, clear communication is key to treating ASD children and adolescents in crisis. But it takes training, experts say.
Letters from Maine
The war on pain
Sometimes stories about pain medication include a description of how the prescription created symptoms that were far worse than the pain it was...
Conference Coverage
Wide variation seen in treatment of infantile spasms
HOUSTON – The types of diagnostic tests ordered and medication used for treatment of infantile spasms vary considerably, a large study of children...
Conference Coverage
Wrist-worn system detected convulsive seizures in home setting
HOUSTON – A wrist-worn device and smartphone-based alert system worn by a patient outside of the epilepsy monitoring unit for 3 months effectively...
Conference Coverage
Rate of mosaicism in parents of children with epileptic encephalopathy likely underestimated
HOUSTON – The rate of parental mosaicism in children with sporadic cases of epileptic encephalopathy and an apparent de novo mutation is believed...
Conference Coverage
Fatal measles complication occurs more often than realized
A fatal complication of measles known as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, or SSPE, can develop years after measles infection and appears to...
From the Journals
Two migraine prevention drugs prove no better than placebo in children
Amitriptyline and topiramate, commonly used to prevent migraine in adults, were associated with significantly more adverse events than was placebo...