Predictors of functional disability and mortality after status epilepticus

Neurology. 2002 Jan 8;58(1):139-42. doi: 10.1212/wnl.58.1.139.

Abstract

The authors identified predictors of functional disability and mortality after status epilepticus in a multivariate analysis of 83 episodes in 74 patients. Twenty-one percent (14/85) of episodes were fatal. Increased age (OR = 1.1; 95% CI, 1.0 to 1.1) and acute symptomatic seizures (OR = 6.0; 95% CI, 1.2 to 30.3) were predictors of mortality. Functional outcome at discharge deteriorated in 23% (16/69) of nonfatal episodes. Increased length of hospitalization (OR = 1.04; 95% CI, 1.0 to 1.1) and acute symptomatic seizures (OR = 3.9; 95% CI, 1.0 to 14.7) were predictors of functional disability.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Status Epilepticus / mortality*
  • Status Epilepticus / physiopathology*