Dr. Yoshimi Sogawa gives a presentation on infantile spasms, also known as West Syndrome. Dr. Sogawa also examines which factors are associated with cognitive outcomes.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the natural history and long-term cognitive outcomes of children with infantile spasms
- Recognize the definition of successful treatment in infantile spasms
- Recognize effective epilepsy treatment to improve cognitive outcomes
Reading Resources:
- Lux AL, Edwards SW, Hancock E, Johnson AL, Kennedy CR, Newton RW, O'Callaghan FJ, Verity CM, Osborne JP; United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study. The United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study (UKISS) comparing hormone treatment with vigabatrin on developmental and epilepsy outcomes to age 14 months: a multicentre randomised trial. Lancet Neurol. 2005 Nov;4(11):712-7. PubMed PMID: 16239177
- Kivity S, Lerman P, Ariel R, Danziger Y, Mimouni M, Shinnar S. Long-term cognitive outcomes of a cohort of children with cryptogenic infantile spasms treated with high-dose adrenocorticotropic hormone. Epilepsia. 2004 Mar;45(3):255-62. PubMed PMID: 15009227
- Hrachovy RA, Glaze DG, Frost JD Jr. A retrospective study of spontaneous remission and long-term outcome in patients with infantile spasms. Epilepsia. 1991 Mar-Apr;32(2):212-4. PubMed PMID: 1848513
- Lombroso CT. A prospective study of infantile spasms: clinical and therapeutic correlations. Epilepsia. 1983 Apr;24(2):135-58. PubMed PMID: 6299719
Disclosures:
Dr. Sogawa has reported no relevant relationships with any entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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The University of Pittsburgh designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Release Date: 12/13/2018 | Last Modified On: 1/16/2020 | Expires: 12/16/2020
