introduction: refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening disease in children wherein seizure movements don't response to first line anti convulsion drugs. this study reviewed risk factors, management and early outcome of children with refractory status epilepticus. methods: patients with refractory status epilepticus admitted in tabriz children's hospital between 2003 and 200...

BACKGROUND Epilepsy is a frequent condition in persons with intellectual disability and is more often difficult to treat than in the average population. Seizure freedom is the primary therapeutic goal which has important implications for the patient's quality of life. The aim of this study was to find out which antiepileptic therapy regimens (monotherapy or combination therapy) are effective in...

Several studies show that the risk of accidents involving patients with epilepsy is much higher compared to the general population. The objective of this study was to identify the frequency and type of seizure related injuries in children diagnosed with epilepsy. In addition we also assessed possible risk factors associated with this seizure related accidents in childhood. This study was conduc...

Abstract Background The risk factors for seizures in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) stroke and the effect of seizure prevention by anticonvulsant are not well understood. Limited studies have investigated after discontinuing antiepileptic drugs ICH. This study aimed to investigate role valproic acid (VA) access withdrawal spontaneous Methods Between 2013 2015, 177 ICH were enrolle...

BACKGROUND There are scarce data describing the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management of adults who suffer a suspected first seizure. AIM To describe the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management of adults with a suspected first seizure who are referred to a teaching hospital first seizure clinic over a one year period. DESIGN Prospective descriptive study. M...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and nature of self-perceived seizure precipitants in epilepsy patients, and evaluate whether anxiety level, depression, or health locus of control influence self-perception of seizure precipitants. METHODS Adults aged 18 and older who had epilepsy for at least 1 year were recruited in either the inpatient epilepsy monitoring uni...

OBJECTIVE To explore the factors associated with preoperative epileptic seizure and surgical outcome in patients with cerebral gangliolioma (GG). METHODS A total of 31 consecutive patients with pathologically confirmed ganglioglioma and surgically treated from January 2003 to June 2011 in West China Hospital of Sichuan University were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical data, surgical procedur...

PURPOSE To assess the role of various diagnostic modalities, to identify surgical prognostic factors and concordances with presurgical evaluations, and to characterize the clinical features of occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE), we studied 26 patients who were diagnosed as having OLE and underwent epilepsy surgery. METHODS Diagnoses were established by standard presurgical evaluations, which inclu...

BACKGROUND Temporal lobectomy can lead to favorable seizure outcomes in medically-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Although most studies focus on seizure freedom after temporal lobectomy, less is known about seizure semiology in patients who "fail" surgery. Morbidity differs between seizure types that impair or spare consciousness. Among TLE patients with seizures after surgery, how doe...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study aimed to determine whether preoperative or postoperative electroencephalography (EEG) can predict surgical outcome for corpus callosotomy. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 16 patients enrolled. We compared postoperative seizure outcome according to seizure type, preoperative interictal EEG, preoperative ictal EEG, and postoperative i...