Early post-stroke seizures in a sample of Egyptian patients with first-ever stroke

• DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.236973
• Publication Date: 2019-02-18T09:45:15Z
• Authors: AhmedF Elsaid; Nahed Shehta; RashaM Fahmi; BothinaM Ramadan; EngyM Emad
• Keywords: Stroke; Barthel index

Cerebrovascular stroke is considered as the most common cause of symptomatic seizures. Post-stroke seizures herald a poor functional outcome, high mortality rate, and long in-hospital duration stay.To assess incidence risk factors responsible for early after first-ever cerebral stroke, its relation to outcome following well stay.150 patients with who were admitted in an intensive care unit Neurology Department Zagazig University Hospitals, Egypt, within first 24 hours onset included study. Early (within 7 days onset), severity (National Institutes Health scale; NIHSS), radiological data, (Barthel index), stay collected analyzed.The associated was 9.3%. Risk intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) [odds ratio (OR) = 3.2, P <0.001), cortical lesions (OR 2.8, <0.05), large lesion size 2, P= <0.05). Patients had lower scores on Barthel index than those without (7.5 ± 4.1 versus 10.5 3.5), higher discharge National Stroke scale (NIHSS) scores, rate (35.7% 6.6% seizures) (19.4 6.5 10.7 4.2 respectively).The post-stroke our study positively longer stay. The important ICH, site involvement lesion.