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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2022

Testing awareness in focal seizures: Clinical practice and interpretation of current guidelines.

Violeta Contreras Ramirez, Aparna Vaddiparti, Hal Blumenfeld

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A practical guide to the updated seizure classification 2025.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2025
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  6. Novel KCNQ2 missense variant expands the genotype spectrum of DEE7.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  7. Evaluating consciousness and awareness during focal seizures: responsiveness testing versus recall testingEpileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Violeta Contreras RamirezDepartment of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Aparna VaddipartiDepartment of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Hal BlumenfeldDepartment of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0812-8132
Yale University · US

Funding

Short-Term Reserch Training: Students in Health SchoolsT35HL007649 · NHLBI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Sarwat I Chaudhry, Erica L Herzog · 1987 to 2026
$5.7M
Short Term Research Training: Students in Health Professional SchoolsT35DK104689 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LLOYD G CANTLEY, Sarwat I Chaudhry · 2015 to 2026
$2.6M
Thalamic stimulation to prevent impaired consciousness in epilepsyUG3NS112826 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BLUMENFELD, HAL · 2019 to 2020
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS T35 HL007649NIDDK NIH HHS T35 DK104689NIH HHS UG3/UH3 NS112826NINDS NIH HHS UG3 NS112826
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification of focal seizures uses recall of experiences post-ictally to assess for awareness and not ictal responsiveness to external stimuli, stating that responsiveness is often not tested. We investigated how clinicians assess for seizure awareness by administering an online survey. We found that most respondents use both responsiveness and recall to assess for awareness in the clinic (78%) and in the epilepsy monitoring unit (72%). Furthermore, 60% of respondents believe that the ILAE recommends using both measures. Given our results, we believe that using both responsiveness and recall would provide a more practical classification of impaired consciousness in focal seizures.

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EpilepsyStrokeHumansMental RecallSeizures

Identifiers

PMID35485201
PMCPMC9082375
OpenAlexW4225143754

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