Early post traumatic seizures in adults. Study of 84 cases.
In a series of 2.980 brain-injured patients, 84 (2.8%) showed epileptic seizures. Epilepsy occurred with a higher incidence rate in operated patients (11.6%) than in non operated ones (1.2%). Seizures appeared within the first week since trauma in 91% of the cases. They have been single in 48%, recurring in 34%, with figures of status epilepticus in 16% partial in 61%, and GM in 33%. Prognosis quoad vitam of early epilepsy seems to be favourable, however, in severely brain-injured patients, seizures occur more frequently and may determine a worsening of the clinical picture even if they are not responsible for the death.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000453:epidemiology; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors