Clinical Practice Tools

AES Clinical Practice Tools

These tools are not considered to be 'standard of care' or guidelines but are designed to provide supportive resources to assist clinicians in providing care.

PNES Clinician Information Sheet (2016)

Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures (PNES) are episodic changes in behavior that resemble epileptic seizures but are not associated with abnormal brain electrical discharges. PNES are associated with underlying psychological stressors and are classified as a conversion disorder.

This printable PDF provides information and guidance on diagnosis, risk factors, treatment, and management of PNES.

Cognitive Behavior Tools

This tool gives providers discussion guides for cognitive and behavioral effects of epilepsy in:

• Adults
• Children and Adolescents

Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Epilepsy Care

These tools support the care of adolescent epilepsy patients and are intended for clinicians to use in developing and implementing a process for the successful transition of an adolescent with epilepsy into adult epilepsy care.

The goal of the transition is to involve the adult epilepsy provider who will eventually assume sole care of the patient. Overlapping involvement by both the pediatric and adult providers is paramount for a successful transition and communication between the providers and the patient care team is essential. These tools serve as an outline to assist in accomplishing this goal and are excerpted from Epilepsy Currents.

• Adolescent without significant developmental disability (plan for independence)
• Adolescent with significant developmental disability (independence unlikely)

FAQs for Epilepsy Monitoring Units (Reviewed 2013)

This resource features common questions asked by patients, referring clinicians, and family members about the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.

Please click here for resources on mental health.

Choosing Wisely | Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question

These recommendations were created as part of Choosing Wisely, a partnership between The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIMF) and other specialty societies, that was active in generating clinical recommendations from 2012-2023.

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