Epilepsy and COVID-19 : patient management and optimization of antiepileptic therapy during pandemic

There is currently no data on the increased incidence of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) or on the more severe course of the disease in patients with epilepsy. However, given the high prevalence of epilepsy among patients after age 60, an increased burden of somatic comorbidities among people with epilepsy, as well as the need of continuous access to antiepileptic drugs (AED) and care for patients with epilepsy, there are a number of important concerns in time of regarding the management of epilepsy during COVID-19 pandemic. The article discusses the main principles of epilepsy management during the COVID-19 pandemic: the need to comply with the regime; the importance of AED adherence, taking into account drug-drug interactions; switching patients to intravenous AED forms if necessary.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova - 120(2020), 10 vom: 28., Seite 100-107

Sprache:

Russisch

Weiterer Titel:

Epilepsiya i COVID-19: vedenie bol'nykh i optimizatsiya protivoepilepticheskoi terapii v usloviyakh pandemii

Beteiligte Personen:

Rider, F K [VerfasserIn]
Lebedeva, A V [VerfasserIn]
Mkrtchyan, V R [VerfasserIn]
Guekht, A B [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Adherence to treatment
Anticonvulsants
Antiepileptic drugs
COVID-19
Drug-drug interactions
Epilepsy
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.11.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.17116/jnevro2020120101100

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31811447X