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Children with seizure disorder face unique challenges during the perioperative period. Fasting, sleep-deprivation, and missed doses of medications while patients are required to have nothing per mouth (NPO) are a few factors that decrease the seizure threshold. The incidence of seizures in this population is unknown but correlated with patient's underlying condition and missed doses of anti-convulsant. Previous work has determined this is not a unique problem.
The investigators initially found compliance extremely poor at 60%. The investigators have made improvement to about 80% compliance through various interventions: education of nursing, availability of anticonvulsant intravenous dosing alternatives, and re-wording the hospital NPO policy. The investigators feel that a new, more focused, survey will help identify, perioperative reasons for non-compliance on part of the parents. This information will be utilized to guide further interventions aimed at improving compliance.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seizure disorder | Patients that are on medications for seizure disorder. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey | Other | Families complete survey to measure medication compliance. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Anticonvuslant compliance | Patients/parents will be asked to complete a questionnaire about whether they took their anticonvulsant the morning of surgery and if not, why not. | 1 Day |
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Patients who are taking anti-seizure medications.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | Columbus | Ohio | 43205 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012640 | Seizures |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D011795 | Surveys and Questionnaires |
| ID | Term |
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| D003625 | Data Collection |
| D004812 | Epidemiologic Methods |
| D008919 | Investigative Techniques |
| D017531 | Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms |
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| D011787 | Quality of Health Care |
| D017530 | Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation |
| D011634 | Public Health |
| D004778 | Environment and Public Health |