title: Simple partial status epilepticus in Chinese adults.
abstract: Simple partial status epilepticus (SPSE) is uncommon compared with generalized tonic-clonic status epilepticus. We evaluated the clinical profile and predictors of poor outcome in a group of Chinese patients with this condition. We identified 32 patients above the age of 14 years with SPSE from a large urban hospital over an eleven-year period. Factors for poor outcome, defined as death or morbidity, were analyzed. The most common underlying causes were due to cerebrovascular disease (46.9%), CNS infection (15.6%), metabolic derangement (12.5%) and tumor (12.5%). At 30 days from the onset of seizures, 13(40.5%) patients had recovered fully and seven (21.9%) had died. Poor outcome was associated with the presence of an acute symptomatic injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. cfhui@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Andrew C F
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: T W H
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kwan
authors.forename: Lawrence K S
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome