A5024000157- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Machine Learning in Healthcare
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
University of Liverpool
2025
Kenya Medical Research Institute
2021
Pwani University
2021
BackgroundIdentification of convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa relies on access to resources that are often unavailable. Infrastructure and resource requirements can further complicate case verification. Using machine-learning techniques, we have developed tested a region-specific questionnaire panel predictive model identify people who had seizure. These findings been implemented into free app for health-care workers Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa.MethodsIn this...
First unprovoked seizures and acute are common can develop into epilepsy. The risk of epilepsy following these in community samples is not well established, it unclear whether the probability subsequent reaches International League Against Epilepsy's threshold 60%. We followed participants initially classified as having first seizures, or without a community-based survey conducted 2003 to estimate 2008 2021. diagnosis 2021 was based on data from health care visits Kilifi County Hospital...
The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has revised the classification of epilepsies and seizures on several occasions since original published in 1964. It is unclear if these changes have impacted characterization epilepsy, including clinical validity seizure semiology or epilepsy outcomes resource-poor areas. We aim to address this important knowledge gap.We reviewed etiological data 483 persons with identified from a population-based survey rural Kenya. were classified using 1981...