title: [Factors determining favourable or unfavorable results of treatment of epilepsy in children in the light of follow-up observations].
abstract: The described material was divided into two groups. Group I (45,6%) without seizures since 3 years at least, group II (54.4%) with continuing seizures (in 52% of this group the intensity of seizures remained unchanged and in 48% it decreased). The factors determining successful treatment included: unestablished or traumatic aetiology of seizures, partial-simple type of seizures, normal neurological status and normal psychomotor development at the time of onset, small number of seizures prior to beginning of treatment, good effects of drugs. The factors which might determine therapeutic failure included: presence of organic CNS type of seizures (primarily generalized, myoclonic, salaam seizures, and partial secondarily generalized seizures), the dynamics of the disease (frequent refractory seizures), late beginning of treatment. The morphological features of initial EEG tracings in without prognostic significance. In most cases with a favourable course improvement of normalization of EEG tracings was observed, with disappearance of seizure activity followed by regression of focal changes and by normalization of background activity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Czynniki warunkujace pomyślne lub niepomyślne wyniki leczenia padaczki dzieciecej w świetle badań katamnestycznych