Is antiepileptic drug withdrawal status related to quality of life in seizure-free adult patients with epilepsy?
Among the seizure-free adult patients with epilepsy, those with AED withdrawal experienced better QOL than those continuing AED treatment. Furthermore, the determinants of QOL varied by AED withdrawal. Individual strategies to optimize QOL should be developed based on these differences.
The current conventional method of obtaining informed consent for tonsillectomy is inadequate, as reflected by the low level of parental comprehension of essential information. Further studies which will evaluate methods for improving the consent process are highly warranted.