To describe acute seizure treatment for the long-term care setting, emphasizing rescue (acute abortive) medications for on-site management of acute unexpected seizures and seizure clusters.
Medication optimization is a hot topic in post-acute and long-term care and a focus of AMDA’s very popular Drive to Deprescribe (D2D) initiative. Now practitioners have yet another opportunity to address their deprescribing challenges with a new quarterly D2D podcast. The first program addresses Optimizing...
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are frequently prescribed for persons with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but little is known on factors associated with AED initiation in this population. We investigated whether recent hospitalization is associated with AED initiation in persons with AD.
The point prevalence of epilepsy is high in nursing homes (NH), but the incidence of epilepsy after admission is unknown. This study was done to determine the incidence of epilepsy/seizure (epi/sz) comorbid with other conditions in older adult NH residents.
To compare the accumulation of hospital days between initiators and noninitiators of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) among persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
The use of psychotropic medication and cardiovascular medication has been associated with an increased risk of falling. However, other frequently prescribed medication classes are still under debate as potential risk factors for falls in the older population. The aim of this systematic review and meta-anal...