Clinical significance of treatment delay in status epilepticus

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study cases

	Total	Percent
Brain trauma
New	6	5.5
Old	10	9.2
Seizure etiology
Acute symptomatic	39	35.8
Remote symptomatic	54	49.5
Probably symptomatic or idiopathic	16	14.7
Type of seizure
Unclassified GSE	19	17.4
SGSE	54	49.5
SPSE	2	1.8
CPSE	31	28.4
MSE	1	0.9
Not known	2	1.8
The beginning of the SE
Observed	23	21.1
Found	38	34.9
Unknown	48	44.0
EEG
Generalized epileptiform activity	11	10.0
Focal epileptiform activity	22	20.2
General slowing	18	16.5
Focal slowing	14	12.8
Normal	4	3.7
Not performed	40	36.7
Discharge condition
Normal	21	19.2
Minor disability	29	26.6
Moderate disability	33	30.3
Severe disability	18	16.5
Deceased	6	5.5
Unknown	2	1.8
Total	109	100
Time in hospital (days, mean/range)	8.06/range 2–31
Intubation	23	21
Late recurrence
Same period	1	0.9
Later	31	28

GSE, generalized status epilepticus; SGSE, secondarily generalized status epilepticus; SPSE, simple partial status epilepticus; CPSE, complex partial status epilepticus; MSE, myoclonic status epilepticus; EEG, electroencephalograph. Acute symptomatic etiology of seizure means condition with acute cerebral insult with seizures.

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