The role of lactic acid and its conjugate base, lactate, has evolved during the past decade in
the care of patients in the emergency department (ED). A recent national sepsis quality …

Owing to the proximity of the ear canal to the central nervous system, in-ear
electrophysiological systems can be used to unobtrusively monitor brain states. Here, by …

Epilepsy is a common condition worldwide, with approximately 50 million people suffering
from it. A single seizure does not mean epilepsy; almost 10% of the population can have a …

Objectives We aimed to estimate the rate of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES)
among patients presenting to an emergency department with presumed seizures. We also …

We provide a narrative review of functional neurological disorder (FND, or conversion
disorder) for the emergency department (ED). Diagnosis of FND has shifted from a “rule‐out” …

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is characterized by symptoms generated primarily
through maladaptive changes in neural computation, rather than a discrete structural …

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the value of prehospital measurement of
lactate level in blood for diagnosis of seizures in cases of transient loss of consciousness …

Introduction: Differentiating epileptic seizures from other causes of Transient Loss of
Consciousness (TLOC) remains a challenge in the Emergency Department (ED), where it …

Epilepsy is characterized by the regular occurrence of seizures, which follow a stereotypical
sequence of alterations in the electroencephalogram. Seizures are typically a self limiting …

Purpose There has been increasing interest in the use of different biomarkers to help
distinguish psychogenic from epileptic seizures, in patients presenting acutely with seizure …