The prevalence of epilepsy is currently thought to be 490000 (children and adults in the UK) but the Joint Epilepsy Council believes that 590000 people carry the diagnosis. It is not known whether there are important inequalities in prevalence; nor whether specialist centres are in the areas of...
Temporal trends, in-hospital outcomes, and risk factors of acute myocardial infarction among patients with epilepsy in the United States: a retrospective n... Background: The relationship between epilepsy and risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is not fully understood. Evidence from the Stockh...
We aimed to identify sources of variation in the prevalence of depression among people with chronic pain and generate clinical prediction models to estimate the probability of depression among individuals with chronic pain. Methods Participants were from the UK Biobank. The primary outcome was a “...
Prevalence of potentially inappropriate long-term prescribing in general practice in the United Kingdom (UK): a systematic literature review To determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate long term prescribing in general practice in the United Kingdom. Review of 62 studies of the appr... ...
We aimed to identify sources of variation in the prevalence of depression among people with chronic pain and generate clinical prediction models to estimate the probability of depression among individuals with chronic pain. Methods Participants were from the UK Biobank. The primary outcome was a “...
Anemia is a globally widespread condition in women and is associated with reduced economic productivity and increased mortality worldwide. Here we map annual 2000–2018 geospatial estimates of anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age (15–49 years)
For screening BPI disorder, we also used the Finnish National Prescription Register of the National Insurance Institution. All subjects not selected by any other screen who had used lithium or mood-stabilizing anticonvulsants from 1996 through 2002, but without a diagnosis of epilepsy or other somati...
Ethnic differences in Singapore’s dementia prevalence: the Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy, and Dementia in Singapore study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56(11):2061-2068. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01992.x PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 60. Smith K, Flicker L, Lauten...
Epilepsy Vasculitis Dilatative cardiomyopathy Hypo/hyperthyroidism IgA: Immunoglobulin A; IDDM: Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Possible triggers Genetic predisposition association (HLA, MYO9B), exogenous trigger (gluten), pro-autoimmune genetic background, viral infections, tissue damage, early terminat...
However, mental disorders in need of treatment occur in about half of these cases. In children with primary neurological brain dysfunctions, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders increases with the degree of the brain damage or the metabolic alteration. So, children with epilepsy suffer five times...