Association of first antiseizure medication with acute health care utilization in a cohort of adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy
Adults with new epilepsy are frequent users of acute care. There remain a proportion of persons with epilepsy prescribed ASMs that guidelines suggest avoiding, and these ASMs are associated with increased likelihood of emergency department visit or hospitalization. These findings reinforce the importance of optimizing the choice of first ASM in epilepsy.
Authors
- Leah J. Blank (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8719-6752)
- Nathalie Jetté (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1351-5866)
- Churl‐Su Kwon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9904-2240)
- Kenneth S. Boockvar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1165-5558)
- Parul Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7497-8162)
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsia
- Published
- 2024-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.18133
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.77
Funders
- American Epilepsy Society
- Epilepsy Society
- VA National Center for Patient Safety
- National Institute on Aging