The secondary outcome was status epilepticus. Diagnoses were determined using previously validated ICD‐10‐CM codes. Patients with seizure diagnoses before or during the index admission were excluded. We used Cox regression to evaluate the association of PRES with seizure, adjusting for demograph...
Alcohol use and acutealcohol withdrawalcan be a significant risk factor for new-onset seizures. The peak incidence of initial alcohol-withdrawal seizure occurs in the fifth and sixth decades of life. Alcohol withdrawal is responsible for 11–20% of all cases ofstatus epilepticus[69]. The presence...
Inclusion criteria were patients aged 18 or over who attended a tertiary-level Melbourne hospital between 1 January 2008 and 30 November 2016 with discharge codes ICD-10 G40-Epilepsy, G41-Status epilepticus, or R56.9-Unspecified convulsions.Results367 episodes were identified. 151 episodes met ...
Status epilepticus is certainly a neurological emergency and could also be followed by epilepsy. This outcome was reported in 5% to 36% of children, in 22% to 41% of mixed populations of children and adults, and in 87.5% of patients with refractory status epilepticus. The production of ...