Post-acute symptomatic seizure (PASS) clinic: A continuity of care model for patients impacted by continuous EEG monitoring

Epilepsia Open
Vineet PuniaS Hantus

Abstract

We present a model for the outpatient care of patients undergoing continuous electroencephalography (cEEG) monitoring during a hospitalization, named the post-acute symptomatic seizure (PASS) clinic. We investigated whether establishing this clinic led to improved access to epileptologist care. As part of the PASS clinic initiative, electronic health record (EHR) provides an automated alert to the inpatient care team discharging adults on first time antiepileptic drug (AED) after undergoing cEEG monitoring. The alert explains the rationale and facilitates scheduling for a PASS clinic appointment, three-month after discharge, along with a same-day extended (75 minutes) EEG. We compared the initial epilepsy clinic visits by patients undergoing cEEG in 2017, before ("Pre-PASS" period and cohort) and after ("PASS" period and cohort) the alert went live in the EHR. Of the 170 patients included, 68 (40%) suffered a seizure during the mean follow-up of 20.9 ± 10 months. AEDs were stopped or reduced in 66 out of 148 (44.6%) patients discharged on AEDs. Pre-PASS cohort included 45 patients compared to 145 patients in the PASS cohort, accounting for 5.8% and 9.9% of patients, respectively, who underwent cEEG during the corresponding peri...Continue Reading

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Jun 29, 2021·Epilepsia Open·Hussam ShakerVineet Punia
Aug 7, 2021·Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology·Vineet PuniaStephen Hantus

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