Infantile Spasms: Speeding Referrals for All Infants
Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms (IS), is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. A recent study found that Black children and children with public insurance are less likely to receive a standard treatment course for IESS. This prompted Boston Children’s neurology fellow Christina Briscoe Abath, MD, and her mentor Chellamani Harini, MD, to take a closer look at care for IS in infants from historically marginalized racial/ethnic backgrounds and create a new open-access training module for front-line providers in OPENPediatrics, an online learning community.
