Convulsive Status Epilepticus in a Cohort of Patients from a Peruvian Academic Hospital
| Autor: | Walter De La Cruz-Ramírez, Ray Ticse-Aguirre, Marcelo Bedoya-Sommerkamp, Jorge G. Burneo, Jesús Medina-Ranilla, Alejandro Escalaya-Advíncula, Victor Hugo Chau-Rodríguez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Epilepsy business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Status epilepticus Emergency department medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Peru Epidemiology Cohort medicine Etiology Original Article medicine.symptom business Prospective cohort study 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Epilepsy Research |
| ISSN: | 2233-6257 2233-6249 |
| Popis: | Background and Purpose: Status epilepticus is a neurologic emergency whose epidemiology, etiology and management are scarcely known in developing countries. Our objective was to describe the demographic and clinical features as well as the management of generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) in adult patients admitted to the emergency department of an academic hospital in Peru, between March 2019 and March 2020.Methods: Observational study of a prospective cohort in which patients were assessed by the emergency and neurology department on the first day of hospitalization, at discharge and at 30 days post-discharge in a follow-up visit. Relevant demographics and clinical data were collected. After being encoded and sorted, univariate statistical analysis was carried out.Results: Of the sample of 59 patients, 62.7% were males, 57.6% were unemployed, 89.8% did not finish high school, and 55.9% had intermittent GCSE with no seizure at arrival. The total calculated median times were: 60 minutes from GCSE onset to hospital arrival, 110 minutes from GCSE onset to 1st line therapy, and 7 minutes from hospital arrival to 1st line therapy. The most frequently used antiepileptic drugs were one dose of benzodiazepine (41.7%), phenytoin (76.9%), and additional doses of benzodiazepines (60%) for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line therapies, respectively. The most frequent etiologies were antiepileptic drug suspension (27.1%), undetermined (25.4%) and acute stroke (11.8%). 62.71% had 0-2 modified Rankin score at discharge.Conclusions: In this cohort of patients, GCSE was mainly intermittent. Management times differed from the guidelines’ recommendations. |
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