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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2020

Characterization of Anti-seizure Medication Treatment Pathways in Pediatric Epilepsy Using the Electronic Health Record-Based Common Data Model.

Hunmin Kim, Sooyoung Yoo, Yonghoon Jeon, Soyoung Yi, Seok Kim, Sun Ah Choi, Hee Hwang, Ki Joong Kim

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hunmin KimDepartment of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Sooyoung YooHealthcare ICT Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Yonghoon JeonHealthcare ICT Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Soyoung YiHealthcare ICT Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Seok KimHealthcare ICT Research Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Sun Ah ChoiDepartment of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Hee HwangDepartment of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
Ki Joong KimDepartment of Pediatric, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital · KREwha Womans University Medical Center · KRSeoul National University Children's Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this pilot study was to analyze treatment pathways of pediatric epilepsy using the common data model (CDM) based on electronic health record (EHR) data. We also aimed to reveal whether CDM analysis was feasible and applicable to epilepsy research. We analyzed the treatment pathways of pediatric epilepsy patients from our institute who underwent antiseizure medication (ASM) treatment for at least 2 years, using the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP)-CDM. Subgroup analysis was performed for generalized or focal epilepsy, varying age of epilepsy onset, and specific epilepsy syndromes. Changes in annual prescription patterns were also analyzed to reveal the different trends. We also calculated the proportion of drug-resistant epilepsy by applying the definition of seizure persistence after application of two ASMs for a sufficient period of time (more than 6 months). We identified 1,192 patients who underwent treatment for more than 2 years (mean ± standard deviation: 6.5 ± 3.2 years). In our pediatric epilepsy cohort, we identified 313 different treatment pathways. Drug resistance, calculated as the application of more than three ASMs during the first 2 years of treatment, was 23.8%. Treatment pathways and ASM resistance differed between subgroups of generalized vs. focal epilepsy, different onset age of epilepsy, and specific epilepsy syndromes. The frequency of ASM prescription was similar between onset groups of different ages; however, phenobarbital was frequently used in children with epilepsy onset < 4 years. Ninety-one of 344 cases of generalized epilepsy and 187 of 835 cases of focal epilepsy were classified as medically intractable epilepsy. The percentage of drug resistance was markedly different depending on the specific electro-clinical epilepsy syndrome [79.0% for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), 7.1% for childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), and 9.0% for benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)]. We could visualize the annual trend and changes of ASM prescription for pediatric epilepsy in our institute from 2004 to 2017. We revealed that CDM analysis was feasible and applicable for epilepsy research. The strengths and limitations of CDM analysis should be carefully considered when planning the analysis, result extraction, and interpretation of results.

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antiseizure medicationsCommon Data Model (CDM)drug-resistant epilepsyepilepsytreatment pathway

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