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  1. Article ; Online: Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children Exposed to Smokeless Tobacco in Fetal Life.

    Nordenstam, Felicia / Norman, Mikael / Caidahl, Kenneth / Wickström, Ronny

    Journal of the American Heart Association

    2024  Volume 13, Issue 2, Page(s) e9128

    Abstract: Background: Arterial stiffening and increased intima-media thickness can be seen as early as childhood and are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events in adult life. The authors hypothesized that exposure to prenatal smokeless tobacco ( ... ...

    Abstract Background: Arterial stiffening and increased intima-media thickness can be seen as early as childhood and are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events in adult life. The authors hypothesized that exposure to prenatal smokeless tobacco (Swedish snus) without additional nicotine exposure after the breastfeeding period would be associated with increased arterial stiffness and intima-media thickening in preschool children.
    Methods and results: This was a longitudinal follow-up cohort study of children aged 5 to 6 years exposed to high doses of nicotine in utero. Women exclusively using snus and unexposed controls were enrolled in early pregnancy (gestational age range, 6-12 weeks). Exposure data were collected during and after pregnancy with questionnaires from both groups. For this study, only children of women using >48 mg nicotine per day during their entire pregnancy were included in the exposure group. Outcomes were determined in 40 healthy children (21 exposed to snus in utero). Ultrasonography of the common carotid artery was used to determine carotid intima-media thickness and calculate arterial stiffness index from the relationship between pulsatile changes in arterial diameter and arterial pressure. Children exposed to snus in fetal life had higher carotid stiffness (median 4.1 [interquartile range (IQR), 2.4-5] versus 2.9 [IQR, 2.1-3.5];
    Conclusions: Exposure to snus during fetal life was associated with a stiffer carotid artery in preschool children.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Pregnancy ; Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Female ; Child ; Infant ; Carotid Intima-Media Thickness ; Tobacco, Smokeless/adverse effects ; Nicotine/adverse effects ; Follow-Up Studies ; Vascular Stiffness ; Carotid Arteries/diagnostic imaging
    Chemical Substances Nicotine (6M3C89ZY6R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2653953-6
    ISSN 2047-9980 ; 2047-9980
    ISSN (online) 2047-9980
    ISSN 2047-9980
    DOI 10.1161/JAHA.123.032384
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  2. Article ; Online: Strategies for extinguishing FIRES.

    Wickström, Ronny

    European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society

    2019  Volume 23, Issue 5, Page(s) 669

    MeSH term(s) Deep Brain Stimulation ; Humans ; Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein ; Thalamic Nuclei
    Chemical Substances Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 1397146-3
    ISSN 1532-2130 ; 1090-3798
    ISSN (online) 1532-2130
    ISSN 1090-3798
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejpn.2019.09.001
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  3. Article ; Online: Neurological outcomes and mortality after neonatal seizures with electroencephalographical verification. A systematic review.

    Westergren, Hanna / Finder, Mikael / Marell-Hesla, Helena / Wickström, Ronny

    European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society

    2024  Volume 49, Page(s) 45–54

    Abstract: Aim: To conduct a systematic review of post-neonatal neurological outcomes and mortality following neonatal seizures with electroencephalographical verification.: Methods: The databases Medline, Embase and Web of Science were searched for eligible ... ...

    Abstract Aim: To conduct a systematic review of post-neonatal neurological outcomes and mortality following neonatal seizures with electroencephalographical verification.
    Methods: The databases Medline, Embase and Web of Science were searched for eligible studies. All abstracts were screened in a blinded fashion between research team members and reports found eligible were obtained and screened in full text by two members each. From studies included, outcome results for post-neonatal epilepsy, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, developmental delay, mortality during and after the neonatal period and composite outcomes were extracted. A quality assessment of each study was performed.
    Results: In total, 5518 records were screened and 260 read in full text. Subsequently, 31 studies were included, containing cohorts of either mixed or homogenous etiologies. Follow-up time and gestational ages varied between studies. No meta-analysis could be performed due to the low number of studies with comparable outcomes and effect measures. Reported cumulative incidences of outcomes varied greatly between studies. For post-neonatal epilepsy the reported incidence was 5-84%, for cerebral palsy 9-78%, for intellectual disability 24-67%, for developmental delay 10-67% and for mortality 1-62%. Subgroup analysis had more coherent results and in cohorts with status epilepticus a higher incidence of post-neonatal epilepsy from 46 to 84% was shown.
    Conclusion: The large variation of reported incidences for neurological outcomes and mortality found even when restricting to cohorts with electroencephalographically verified neonatal seizures indicates selection bias as a significant confounder in existing studies. Population-based approaches are thus warranted to correctly predict outcomes in this group.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Electroencephalography ; Infant, Newborn ; Seizures/mortality ; Cerebral Palsy/mortality ; Cerebral Palsy/complications ; Cerebral Palsy/physiopathology ; Developmental Disabilities/etiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Systematic Review ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1397146-3
    ISSN 1532-2130 ; 1090-3798
    ISSN (online) 1532-2130
    ISSN 1090-3798
    DOI 10.1016/j.ejpn.2024.02.005
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  4. Article ; Online: What is changing, and what is not, in childhood encephalitis.

    Wickström, Ronny

    The Lancet. Infectious diseases

    2017  Volume 17, Issue 4, Page(s) 354–355

    MeSH term(s) Child ; Encephalitis ; Humans
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-03-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2061641-7
    ISSN 1474-4457 ; 1473-3099
    ISSN (online) 1474-4457
    ISSN 1473-3099
    DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30115-9
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  5. Article ; Online: Selection and Continuation of Antiseizure Medication in Children With Epilepsy in Sweden From 2007 to 2020.

    Håkansson, Samuel / Wickström, Ronny / Zelano, Johan

    Pediatric neurology

    2023  Volume 144, Page(s) 19–25

    Abstract: Background: Knowledge on antiseizure medication (ASM) use and retention for children with epilepsy is limited, partly because of extensive off-label use of newer drugs with limited registration. We used prescription data to study prescription patterns ... ...

    Abstract Background: Knowledge on antiseizure medication (ASM) use and retention for children with epilepsy is limited, partly because of extensive off-label use of newer drugs with limited registration. We used prescription data to study prescription patterns on a population-wide scale and compared the proportion of patients remaining on monotherapy of ASMs with and without formal indication for different age groups.
    Methods: A total of 14,681 individuals aged <18 years were included, using cross-referenced Swedish registers from 2007 to 2020. Kaplan-Meier retention rates were calculated for all ASMs. The most common pathways of the first three medications per patient were analyzed.
    Results: In children older than one month and up to age one year, monotherapy retention rates were the highest for oxcarbazepine, valproic acid, and carbamazepine. Among children aged one to five years, oxcarbazepine and levetiracetam were among ASMs that do not have a monotherapy indication in Sweden but still had high retention rates. In the age group five to 12 years, lamotrigine and oxcarbazepine had the highest retention rate. In males aged 12 to 18 years, valproic acid was the most common choice followed by lamotrigine, whereas lamotrigine was the first choice of ASM for females, exceeding the second and third most common options levetiracetam and oxcarbazepine by a factor of two and three, respectively.
    Conclusion: Off-label medication is common in children with epilepsy but does not seem to be associated with lower retention. The restrictions regarding valproic acid for females of childbearing age seem to have been well implemented in Swedish neuropediatric care.
    MeSH term(s) Male ; Female ; Humans ; Child ; Infant ; Child, Preschool ; Lamotrigine/therapeutic use ; Oxcarbazepine/therapeutic use ; Levetiracetam/therapeutic use ; Sweden/epidemiology ; Valproic Acid ; Triazines/adverse effects ; Epilepsy/drug therapy ; Epilepsy/epidemiology ; Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use
    Chemical Substances Lamotrigine (U3H27498KS) ; Oxcarbazepine (VZI5B1W380) ; Levetiracetam (44YRR34555) ; Valproic Acid (614OI1Z5WI) ; Triazines ; Anticonvulsants
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-30
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 639164-3
    ISSN 1873-5150 ; 0887-8994
    ISSN (online) 1873-5150
    ISSN 0887-8994
    DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.03.016
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  6. Article ; Online: Corrigendum to "Selection and Continuation of Antiseizure Medication in Children With Epilepsy in Sweden From 2007 to 2020" Pediatric Neurology 144 (2023)(19-25).

    Håkansson, Samuel / Wickström, Ronny / Zelano, Johan

    Pediatric neurology

    2023  Volume 148, Page(s) 223

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-09-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 639164-3
    ISSN 1873-5150 ; 0887-8994
    ISSN (online) 1873-5150
    ISSN 0887-8994
    DOI 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2023.08.030
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  7. Article ; Online: Neurocognitive outcome in children and adolescents following infectious encephalitis.

    Bergman, Kristian / Fowler, Åsa / Ygberg, Sofia / Lovio, Riikka / Wickström, Ronny

    Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence

    2023  , Page(s) 1–18

    Abstract: Infectious encephalitis in children is fairly uncommon, but unfavorable outcomes are seen in many survivors. The aim of this study was to prospectively describe the long-term neurocognitive consequences following infectious encephalitis in childhood. ... ...

    Abstract Infectious encephalitis in children is fairly uncommon, but unfavorable outcomes are seen in many survivors. The aim of this study was to prospectively describe the long-term neurocognitive consequences following infectious encephalitis in childhood. Children admitted to a primary and tertiary hospital in Sweden between 2011 and 2016 were asked to participate. Fifty-nine children were assessed at a median time of 18 months (IQR 18-20) after hospitalization. Follow-up included measures of intellectual functioning, attention, working memory, and executive functions. Caregiver ratings of executive functioning and behavioral - emotional symptoms were assessed with standardized questionnaires. Neurocognitive outcome and measures of executive functions and behavioral-emotional symptoms varied greatly among participants. Basic auditory attention, working memory, and mental processing speed were affected and significantly lower compared to a standardized mean. Other domains identified as areas of vulnerability included executive functions, sustained attention, and the exert of self-control. Behavioral-emotional symptoms were less common; however, somatic complaints and behaviors related to conduct problems were seen in about one-third of individuals. This study highlights the importance of a comprehensive neurocognitive examination to identify children with unfavorable outcomes.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1262599-1
    ISSN 1744-4136 ; 0929-7049
    ISSN (online) 1744-4136
    ISSN 0929-7049
    DOI 10.1080/09297049.2023.2281688
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  8. Article: Editorial: Advances in diagnosing and treating new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE).

    Thomschewski, Aljoscha / Giovannini, Giada / Gaspard, Nicolas / Steinbrenner, Mirja / Wickström, Ronny / Jacobs, Julia

    Frontiers in neurology

    2023  Volume 14, Page(s) 1270702

    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 2564214-5
    ISSN 1664-2295
    ISSN 1664-2295
    DOI 10.3389/fneur.2023.1270702
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  9. Article ; Online: Seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 and comparison of severity with seizures in hospitalised paediatric patients with other respiratory viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study.

    Anastasopoulou, Stavroula / Svensson, Eva / Wickström, Ronny / Hertting, Olof / Rinder, Malin Ryd / Bennet, Rutger / Eriksson, Margareta

    Archives of disease in childhood

    2024  Volume 109, Issue 2, Page(s) 152–157

    Abstract: Objective: To study seizures in patients hospitalised due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and compare their severity with seizures in patients hospitalised due to other viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs).: Design: Observational population-based ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To study seizures in patients hospitalised due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, and compare their severity with seizures in patients hospitalised due to other viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs).
    Design: Observational population-based cohort study.
    Setting: Northern Stockholm.
    Patients: Patients aged 1 month-18 years hospitalised due to SARS-CoV-2 with and without seizures, and patients of the same age hospitalised due to other viral RTIs with seizures, between 1 March 2020 and 30 June 2022.
    Main outcome measures: The prevalence of seizures in hospitalised patients due to SARS-CoV-2, the evaluation of assumed predictors of seizures and the comparison of severity markers in patients with SARS-CoV-2 versus other RTIs.
    Results: 32 of 239 included patients (13.4%) admitted due to SARS-CoV-2 infection had seizures. Central nervous system (CNS) disease and the omicron period had significantly increased OR for seizures (OR: 5.12; CI: 2.06 to 12.72 and OR: 3.01; CI: 1.15 to 7.88, respectively). Seizures in patients with SARS-CoV-2 were more common in children older than 5 years (p=0.001), even in the absence of fever (p=0.007), as compared with other viral RTIs. The duration of hospitalisation was longer in patients with seizures due to other viral RTIs (p=0.023). There was no significant difference regarding severity markers of seizures between the two groups.
    Conclusions: CNS disease and the omicron period were risk factors for seizures in patients with SARS-CoV-2, who were older than patients with other RTIs. The severity of seizures was comparable between the two groups; hospitalisation was however longer in patients with other RTIs.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; SARS-CoV-2 ; COVID-19/complications ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Cohort Studies ; Pandemics ; Seizures/epidemiology ; Seizures/etiology ; Respiratory Tract Infections
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Observational Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 524-1
    ISSN 1468-2044 ; 0003-9888 ; 1359-2998
    ISSN (online) 1468-2044
    ISSN 0003-9888 ; 1359-2998
    DOI 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325974
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  10. Article ; Online: Altered cytokine levels in cerebrospinal fluid following ketogenic diet of children with refractory epilepsy.

    Wickström, Ronny / Ygberg, Sofia / Lindefeldt, Marie / Dahlin, Maria

    Epilepsy research

    2021  Volume 177, Page(s) 106775

    Abstract: Ketogenic diet is an effective treatment which has the potential to achieve a significant seizure reduction in drug-resistant epilepsy. The mechanism behind this effect is unclear, but one hypothesis is that the mechanism is anti-inflammatory. In this ... ...

    Abstract Ketogenic diet is an effective treatment which has the potential to achieve a significant seizure reduction in drug-resistant epilepsy. The mechanism behind this effect is unclear, but one hypothesis is that the mechanism is anti-inflammatory. In this prospective study on pediatric patients we compared levels of cytokines and chemokines in the cerebrospinal fluid before and after three months on treatment to evaluate a possible anti-inflammatory effect. We analyzed 34 cytokines and chemokines in the cerebrospinal fluid of pediatric patients (n = 21) with refractory epilepsy by a multiplex assay. Beta-hydroxybutyric acid was measured in blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Seizure frequency in relation to diet treatment was assessed. For 9 different cytokines (CCL 7, CCL 21, CCL 22, CCL 25, CCL 27, IL-2, IL-10, CX3CL1 and MIF), a significant decrease ranging from 7 to 27% was seen after three months as compared to levels before the diet. In contrast, no cytokine displayed a significant increase during diet. A seizure reduction ≥ 50 % was seen in 15/21 patients (71 %) but no significant differences in cytokine decreases were found between responders and non-responders during treatment. A non-significant trend towards higher initial pre-treatment levels of cytokines was seen in responders, which were reduced following treatment. The levels of betahydroxybutyric acid were not related to seizure response. We conclude that while it is not possible to state a primary anti-inflammatory effect by dietary treatment from these data, an unequivocal immunological effect is seen and may be a part of the mechanism of ketogenic dietary treatment.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Cytokines ; Diet, Ketogenic ; Drug Resistant Epilepsy ; Humans ; Prospective Studies ; Seizures ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Cytokines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-22
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 632939-1
    ISSN 1872-6844 ; 0920-1211
    ISSN (online) 1872-6844
    ISSN 0920-1211
    DOI 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106775
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