Highlights From the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 2018
Highlights From the Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society 2018
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DOI：
10.1177/1535759719844486
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发表时间：
2019-05-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Lado, Fred
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作者：
Jobst, Barbara C.;Ben-Menachem, Elinor;Lado, Fred
在新奥尔良举行的美国癫痫协会会议吸引了5900多名与会者。会上就与癫痫有关的新科学、创新、教育、临床实践和许多其他项目进行了热烈的交流。教育专题讨论会是会议的主要部分，探讨了各种类型的癫痫专业人员感兴趣的不同主题。本文回顾了在主要专题讨论会上提出的会议要点。主题包括作为医院的顾问如何治疗癫痫的各个方面，以及寻找睡眠和癫痫之间相互作用的科学基础。讨论了新型抗癫痫药物、饮食和刺激治疗的利弊。癫痫可能会损害记忆，我们需要了解其中的病理生理关系。发热性癫痫持续状态可能对癫痫发作的后期生活造成严重后果。癫痫专业人员应该非常清楚毁灭性癫痫发作及其相关残疾的伦理含义。这些只是我们需要进一步研究的众多主题中的几个，以实现改善癫痫患者生活的最终目标。
The American Epilepsy Society Meeting in New Orleans attracted more than 5900 attendees. There was a lively exchange of new science, innovation, education, clinical practice, and many other items related to epilepsy. Educational symposia were a major part of the meeting and explored varying topics of interest for all types of epilepsy professionals. This article reviews highlights of the meeting presented in major symposia. Topics ranged from how to treat varying aspects of epilepsy as a consultant in the hospital to finding the scientific underpinning of the interaction between sleep and epilepsy. Pros and cons of novel antiseizure medications, dietary, and stimulation treatments were discussed. Epilepsy may impair memory and we need to learn what is the pathophysiologic relationship. Febrile status epilepticus may have severe consequences for a later life with seizures. Epilepsy professionals should be very well aware of the ethical implications of devasting seizures and their associated disability. These are just a few select topics of the many that we need to study further to archive the final goal to improve the lives of patients with epilepsy.