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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

From: Prediction of mortality and functional outcome from status epilepticus and independent external validation of STESS and EMSE scores

 

Total (n = 120)

Gender (female, %)

56 (46.7 %)

Age (years, median (range))

63.5 (20–91)

Age (>65 years)

57 (47.5 %)

Etiology of SE

 

 Acute symptomatic

50 (41.7 %)

 Remote symptomatic

44 (36.7 %)

 Progressive symptomatic

9 (7.5 %)

 Idiopathic/cryptogenic

17 (14.2 %)

SE dynamics

 

 Generalized convulsive SE only

39 (32.5 %)

 Non-convulsive SE

50 (41.7 %)

 Generalized convulsive SE evolving into non-convulsive SE

19 (15.8 %)

 Absence SE

1 (0.8 %)

First episode of SE

106 (88 %)

Refractory SE

28 (23.3 %)

LOC pretreatment

 

 Awake or somnolent/confused

56 (46.7 %)

 Stuporous or comatose

64 (53.3 %)

Worst seizure type

 

 Simple partial, CPS, absence, myoclonic

48 (40.0 %)

 Generalized convulsive

48 (40.0 %)

 Non-convulsive SE in coma

24 (20.0 %)

History of previous epilepsy

77 (64.2 %)

Duration of pretreatment (>1 hour)

88 (73.3 %)

Duration of seizure

 

 >5 min, <30 min

10 (8.3 %)

 3 min or longer, but <1 hour

15 (12.5 %)

 1 hour or longer

95 (79.2 %)

Charlon’s Comorbidity index total

 

 0

33 (27.5 %)

 1–2

41 (34.1 %)

 3 or more

46 (38.4 %)

EEG–BS

23 (19.2 %)

 PDs

65 (54.2 %)

Treated on NICU

57 (47.5 %)

Days on NICU (median (range))

8 (1–125)

  1. Values are given as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. BS burst suppression, CPS complex partial seizure, EEG electroencephalography, LOC level of consciousness, NICU neurological intensive care unit, PD periodic discharge, SE status epilepticus