Nicholas Scott Abend, MD
Nicholas Scott Abend, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Neurology
Colket Translational Research Building, Room 10016
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Neurology
Colket Translational Research Building, Room 10016
3501 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-1719
Fax: 215-590-1771
Fax: 215-590-1771
Email:
abend@email.chop.edu
abend@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS
Washington University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
The University of Chicago School of Medicine, 2002.
Permanent linkBS
Washington University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
The University of Chicago School of Medicine, 2002.
Description of Research Expertise
Pediatric Epilpesy, EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Children, Management of Pediatric Status Epilepticus, Identification and Management of Pediatric Non-Convulsive SeizuresDescription of Clinical Expertise
Pediatric EpilepsyPediatric Electroencephalography
Selected Publications
Topjian AA, Gutierrez-Colina AM, Sanchez SM, Berg RA, Friess SH, Dlugos DJ, Abend NS.: Electrographic Status Epilepticus is Associated with Mortality and Worse Short-Term Outcome in Critically Ill Children. Critical Care Medicine 41(1): 210-218, 2013.Sanchez SM, Carpenter J, Chapman KE, Dlugos DJ, Gallentine W, Giza CC, Goldstein JL, Hahn CD, Kessler SK, Loddenkemper T, Riviello JJ, Abend NS. : Pediatric ICU EEG Monitoring: Current Resources and Practice in the United States and Canada. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 30(2): 156-160, 2013.
Gutierrez-Colina AM, Topjian AA, Dlugos DJ, Abend NS.: Electroencephalogram Monitoring in Critically Ill Children: Indications and Strategies. Pediatric Neurology 46(3): 158-161, March 2012.
Adelson PD, Pineda J, Bell MJ, Abend NS, Berger RP, Giza CC, Hotz G, Wainwright M.: Common data elements for pediatric traumatic brain injury: recommendations from the working group on demographics and clinical assessment. J Neurotrauma 29(4): 639-653, March 2012.
Abend NS, Topjian AA, Kessler S, Gutierrez-Colina AM, Berg R, Nadkarni V, Dlugos DJ, Clancy RR, Ichord RN. : Outcome prediction by motor and pupillary responses in children treated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 13(1), Jan 2012.
Skjei KL, Kessler SK, Abend NS. : Stimulus-induced rhythmic, periodic, or ictal discharges in a 13-year-old girl after an overdose and respiratory arrest. Pediatric Neurology 45(5): 350-351, Nov 2011.
Goldberg EM, Taub KS, Kessler SK, Abend NS.: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with focal non-convulsive status epilepticus in a child. Neuropediatrics 42(5): 188-190, Oct 2011.
Abend NS, Beslow LA, Smith SE, Kessler SK, Vossough A, Mason S, Agner S, Licht DJ, Ichord RN. : Seizures as a presenting symptom of acute arterial ischemic stroke in childhood. Journal of Pediatrics 159(3): 479-483, Sept 2011.
Abend NS, Topjian AA, Gutierrez-Colina AM, Donnelly M, Clancy RR, Dlugos DJ. : Impact of Continuous EEG Monitoring on Clinical Management in Critically Ill Children. Neurocritical Care 15(1): 70-75, August 2011.
Wusthoff CJ, Dlugos DJ, Guteirrez-Colina AM, Wang A, Cook N, Donnelly M, Clancy RR, Abend NS.: Electrographic seizures during therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy. Journal of Child Neurology 26(6): 724-728, June 2011.