Etiología y tratamiento de la epilepsia en una serie de 1.557 pacientes

• DOI: 10.33588/rn.5707.2013214
• Publication Date: 2019-02-15T06:55:32Z
• Authors: Marta Torres Ferrús; Manuel Toledo Argany; Montserrat Gonzál...; Laia Seró Ballest...; Esteban Santamari...; Miquel Raspall Ch...; María Sueiras Gil; Roser Cambrodí Masip; Silvana Sarria Es...; José Álvarez Sabín; Javier Salas Puig
• Keywords: Levetiracetam; Etiology; Valproic Acid

The aetiology of epilepsy is an important decisive factor in its treatment and prognosis. Diagnostic therapeutic advances suggest that the causal distribution, prognosis population with may have undergone some modification.To describe distribution syndromes, pharmacological patients epilepsy.We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study who were treated consecutively our department. Demographic data collected, together information about at time eligibility. analysed jointly by age groups.Altogether 1,557 included, 54% them males. Seventy-three per cent sample had focal epilepsy, which was secondary to structural lesion 56% patients. Generalised epilepsies accounted for 20%. Five unclassifiable. By ages, vascular causation predominated practically all groups prevalence increased age. most commonly used antiepileptic drugs valproic acid (29%), levetiracetam (27%) carbamazepine (20%). Seventy generalised 57% ones on monotherapy treatment.The similar reported developed countries, although lower cryptogenic observed. More than 60% followed widely used.Etiologia y tratamiento de la epilepsia en una serie 1.557 pacientes.Introduccion. La etiologia es un determinante importante del el pronostico. Los avances diagnosticos terapeuticos hacen pensar que distribucion causal, pronostico poblacion con se hayan podido ver modificados. Objetivo. Describir sindromica, etiologica farmacologico los pacientes epilepsia. Pacientes metodos. Estudio descriptivo transversal atendidos manera consecutiva consulta nuestra unidad Se recogieron datos demograficos, sindrome, momento inclusion. analizaron modo conjunto por grupos edad. Resultados. incluyeron pacientes, varones. El 73% muestra tenia focal, era secundaria estructural 56%. Las epilepsias generalizadas representaron 5% fue inclasificable. Por edad, predominaba practicamente todos su prevalencia aumentaba relacion farmacos antiepilepticos mas utilizados fueron acido valproico carbamacepina 70% las focales seguian monoterapia. Conclusiones. edad descrita paises desarrollados aunque observo menor criptogenicas. Mas seguia monoterapia utilizado.