Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients
From: Functional outcome of prolonged refractory status epilepticus
Patients characteristics | Value in 78 patients |
|---|---|
Age, years | 57 (36 to 70) |
Female | 35 (44.8) |
History of epilepsy | 26 (33.3) |
History of alcoholism | 27 (34.6) |
History of stroke | 10 (12.8) |
Existing central nervous system pathology | 2 (2.5) |
History of drug abuse | 4 (5.1) |
Etiology of super-refractory status epilepticus | |
Epilepsy | 11 (14.1) |
Stroke | 10 (12.8) |
Central nervous system infection | 10 (12.8) |
Metabolic encephalopathy | 5 (6.4) |
Neurodegenerative disease | 4 (5.1) |
Drug abuse | 4 (5.1) |
Post neurosurgery | 4 (5.1) |
Inflammatory encephalitis | 3 (3.8) |
Unknown | 27 (34.6) |
Admission modified Rankin scalea | |
0 | 29 (37.1) |
1 | 23 (29.5) |
2 | 13 (16.6) |
3 | 4 (5.2) |
4 | 4 (5.2) |
5 | 2 (2.5) |
Simplified acute physiology score II | 52.8 ± 14.6 |