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TL;DR: There is no uniformly accepted nomenclature for EEG patterns frequently encountered in critically ill patients such as periodic discharges, fluctuating rhythmic patterns, and combinatio.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the association between maximum carotid plaque thickness and risk of vascular events in an urban multiethnic cohort, and found that subjects with a plaque thickness greater than 1.9 mm had a 2.8-fold increased risk of combined vascular events compared to the subjects without plaque.

TL;DR: The rate of an antiepileptic drug (AED) rash is approximately five times greater in patients with another AED rash vs those without, and these AED differences remained similar in Patients with and without other AED rashes.

TL;DR: Cross-sensitivity rates between certain antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are high, especially when involving carbamazepine and phenytoin, and between CBZ and PHT and any non-epilepsy medication.

TL;DR: It can be concluded that intolerable patient-reported AED-related CSEs are most common with topiramate, followed by zonisamide, phenytoin, and oxcarbazepine, and they are least likely to be reported with gabapentin, valproate, lamotrigine, carbamazepines, and levetiracetam.