Seizure- or Epilepsy-Related Emergency Department Visits Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, 2019-2021.

Seizures, transient signs or symptoms caused by abnormal surges of electrical activity in the brain, can result from epilepsy, a neurologic disorder characterized by abnormal electrical brain activity causing recurrent, unprovoked seizures, or from other inciting causes, such as high fever or substance abuse (1). Seizures generally account for approximately 1% of all emergency department (ED) visits (2,3). Persons of any age can experience seizures, and outcomes might range from no complications for those with a single seizure to increased risk for injury, comorbidity, impaired quality of life, and early mortality for those with epilepsy (4). To examine trends in weekly seizure- or epilepsy-related (seizure-related) ED visits

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All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. R. Edward Hogan reports institutional support for clinical trials from Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development, Cerevel Therapeutics, and Biogen, Inc. Barbara Jobst reports grants from National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense, Harvard Pilgrim, Inc, and Neuropace, Inc. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.